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Fire Brigade Display 1937
Description
Full title reads: "PARIS".
Paris, France.
Various shots of the French firefighting display. Firemen spraying foam over the house in fire. They suck smoke from the house with a large pipe - smoke is released outside. Fire fighters in asbestos suits walking through the fire. Crowds watching....
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sanja
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 13624
- Sort Number:
- 37/059
- Time in/Out:
- 01:54:43:00 / 01:55:14:00
- Canister:
- 37/59
- Film ID:
- 927.51
- Issue Date:
- 26/07/1937
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