Women's Fire Brigade AKA Firewomen 1916

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Women fire fighters of Dartford Fire Brigade, Kent - World War One.

Opens with two women in fire brigade uniforms rolling up a fire hose in a street in Dartford, moving toward camera. Several men and boys stand and watch; in background horses and buggies pass in street and we see shop called...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
71274
Sort Number:
ON 010 T
Time in/Out:
01:59:14:00 / 02:00:15:00
Canister:
ON 010 T
Film ID:
1848.61
Issue Date:
1916

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