Fire-Fighting Test 1934

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Full title reads: "FIRE-FIGHTING TEST - Latest extinguisher is demonstrated at London Factory."

London.

A man holding a hose vertically from the ground. Hose is spraying a newly discovered chemical foam which is to put out the fire much more efficiently then the previous substances...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
8992
Sort Number:
34/077
Time in/Out:
01:20:39:00 / 01:22:11:00
Canister:
34/77
Film ID:
797.15
Issue Date:
24/09/1934

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