FIRE FIGHTING

Comic ‘how not to do it” display of fire fighting after an air raid. Hoses part, buckets are kicked over, water is spilt as ‘firemen’ try to extinguish a small fire. (clip)

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Title: FIRE FIGHTING

Reference number: 1082

Date: 1942*

Director: [filmed by Ben H. Humble]

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 2.40 mins

Description: Comic display of fire fighting after an air raid.

Humble papers deposited in National Library of Scotland. Further information can be found at https://manuscripts.nls.uk/agents/57836?agent_type=agent_person [last accessed 26/08/2021]

See also "The Voice of the Hills: The Story of Ben Humble" by Roy M Humble. Additional information file also held at National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive.

Shotlist: Credits (.04); Shots in open air yard of three men in ARP overalls demonstrating how not to attempt to put out a small fire by dropping buckets, tripping over the hoses, etc. and using hand-pumped mobile equipment. Comic demonstration of artificial respiration (2.40)