Firefighting 1969

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Firefighting. Stanstead, Essex.

LV Aircraft. SCU Man putting 4,000 gallons of aviation spirit by hose into hollow beneath aircraft. SV Men throwing buckets of fuel in. SV Aircraft. SCU Man runs towards hollow and ignites fuel. He ignites fuel. Zoom out to show fuel burning around plane. CU...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
57266
Sort Number:
69/040
Time in/Out:
01:03:09:00 / 01:04:26:00
Canister:
69/40
Film ID:
2205.02
Issue Date:
15/05/1969

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