A Classroom Film - The Fireman (1947)

British Instructional Films Ltd presents a Classroom Film. Pathe Production. Street scene - the front of a fire station. Bus, cars, horse drawn cart carrying barrels pass. Man enters fire station. Drill in the yard of the station, firemen answer roll call. Men in fireman’s uniforms. Good C/Us of firemen. Officers salute each other. Interior of fire station. Fireman walks past a fire engine. C/U of sign - Watchroom. Firemen climb stairs. A discussion in the Watchroom. One fireman takes off his belt and gives it to another. Firemen run down the stairs holding items of uniform. The fire engine is prepared - water checked etc. The fire bell is cleaned. Sweeping the floor of the station. Polishing brass etc. Practising rescuing a man from a building using a fireman’s ladder. An officer gives instruction on using breathing apparatus to firemen. Method of using two ladders to scale high building. Firemen work in a team of two and pass ladders up. Shot of the engine and men in the yard. E