Firemen's Olympics 1961

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Full title reads: "Moscow. Firemen's Olympics".

Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union (USSR).

LV Russian firemen jumping off of their fire engines and running to the rear to unload ladders and hoses. CU ladder being run off one of the engines.

LV pan one of the firemen running down...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
54084
Sort Number:
61/103
Time in/Out:
01:43:13:00 / 01:44:30:00
Canister:
61/103
Film ID:
1744.22
Issue Date:
25/12/1961

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