Fire Fighting Display 1954

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Bovingdon.

General Fire Appliance Co Ltd documentation of report on test carried out with chlorobromomethane

Preparing subject for burning. Pouring on oil. Crowd. Fire Service observers. GV. Preparation. Oil fire with two men using spray jets on same. Pouring on petrol. LS. Oil fire...

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Cataloguer:
Agnew
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
81481
Sort Number:
UN 2618 B
Time in/Out:
01:32:04:00 / 01:33:34:00
Canister:
UN 2618 B
Film ID:
2769.13
Issue Date:
1954

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