FIRE FIGHTING
Comic ‘how not to do it” display of fire fighting after an air raid. Hoses part, buckets are kicked over, water is spilt as ‘firemen’ try to extinguish a small fire. (clip)
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Title: FIRE FIGHTING
Reference number: 1082
Date: 1942*
Director: [filmed by Ben H. Humble]
Sound: silent
Original format: 16mm
Colour: bw
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 2.40 mins
Description:
Comic display of fire fighting after an air raid.
Humble papers deposited in National Library of Scotland. Further information can be found at https://manuscripts.nls.uk/agents/57836?agent_type=agent_person [last accessed 26/08/2021]
See also "The Voice of the Hills: The Story of Ben Humble" by Roy M Humble. Additional information file also held at National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive.
Shotlist: Credits (.04); Shots in open air yard of three men in ARP overalls demonstrating how not to attempt to put out a small fire by dropping buckets, tripping over the hoses, etc. and using hand-pumped mobile equipment. Comic demonstration of artificial respiration (2.40)