London Fire Brigade Drill Topical Budget 266-2

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London Fire Brigade Drill Topical Budget 266-2

London’s Screen Archives
Southwark
1916-01-01
Mute
1m

This demonstration during WW1 sees fire fighters scaling the not so insignificant London Fire Brigade's headquarters in Southwark and displaying core apparatus such as detachable ladders and hoses. The Topical Budget cameras, which would distribute these newsreels across the country, only just manage to catch a glimpse of the wounded soldiers that were in attendance.

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