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"London's Smartest Firemen" ... And That's… 1931
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Full title reads: "'London's Smartest Firemen' ... and that's saying something! Headquarters win motor pump competition final - doing all you see in 1 min. 20 4/5 secs."
London.
Men of the LFB (London Fire Brigade) leap from their Leyland fire engine and begin to attach hoses to the...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Mark
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 12770
- Sort Number:
- 31/085
- Time in/Out:
- 01:31:15:00 / 01:33:08:00
- Canister:
- 31/85
- Film ID:
- 871.19
- Issue Date:
- 22/10/1931
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