Fire Prevention (1941-1946)

Ministry of Information public information trailer - Fire prevention. Title - ’Is your street organisation really efficient’. Various shots wreckage of burnt building. CU rota. MS fire guard wardens. CU of their names on rota. MS watcher on duty sitting inside. MS notice on how to tackle a fire bomb. MS warden blowing whistle during practise, people rush out and extinguish the obvious fire bomb but leave other more dangerous ones unattended. MS warning whistle. Various shots as people come out and look for the more dangerous fire bombs. MS’s showing bombs on roofs in awkward spots. Various shots water in different receptacles. MS fire watcher. MS gunfire outside. MS as warden gets up and goes outside. MS warden looking up to the sky. CU ’Train and Practise, Britain shall not Burn’. Cataloguer’s note: item was originally part of Gazette issue 41/72. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTE
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