New Fire Escape Demo 1935

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New fire escape demonstrated.

Greenwich, London.

M/S of firemen around the new turntable fire ladder, one climbs up it with a hose over his shoulder. M/S as another stands on the bottom and operates a lever which makes the ladder extend vertically. He pulls another lever and the whole...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
10862
Sort Number:
35/024
Time in/Out:
01:14:18:00 / 01:15:06:00
Canister:
35/24
Film ID:
819.17
Issue Date:
25/03/1935

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