| Women Firefighters in Wartime; | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6251 |
| Catalog #: | 369295 | |
| Clip Number: | 369295-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON413H | |
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| Location: | Dartford; England | |
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| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FIREFIGHTING: Drills | |
| Description: | Firefighting; drills. Part of a story on women's fire brigade in Dartford during World War One; other segments listed at end.Yet more of the women's fire brigade; practicing rescue work.-- Opens with shot of a woman sitting out on a window ledge; above a shop front; a rope is stretched from that window to the ground- -looks like she's about to make an escape; for unknown reasons. Then she starts to lower herself down the rope. Next; shot of another building; with the whole brigade putting on a demonstration out front. Some of them are spraying the building with hoses; while 2 women are operating the pump for the hoses; and more women are bringing buckets of water to dump in to this pumping device -- a real assembly-line; teamwork project. Next; the firefighters stand in a circle; holding a net outside the house; a woman is standing in a 2nd floor window. But before she jumps; someone else who's very daring does; from a higher window; landing on the net and scrambling off. More practice jumps: 2 women from the 2nd story; and 1 more person from the 3rd. Finally; a group shot of all the women; with 2 men supervisors standing in back. World War One;homefront war work; women; emergency; firefighting; courage. More on ON10T; ON10T2; ON138L; Dupe on ON413H.More on ON10T; ON10T2; ON32G; dupe on ON138L. | |
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