Wonderful New Fire Escape (1928)

Item title reads - Wonderful new fire escape. Self-raising and self-swinging and effective at height of 85 feet - tried out. Birkenhead, Merseyside. L/S as the mayor inspects fire officers in uniform. M/S as camera pans across them stood in front of their engines. M/S as they demonstrate a lifting technique on each other. L/S pan up the new ladder which extends at the top as it raises upwards. L/S of a man right at the top, with another a bit further down. M/S of a man being winched down from the top of it. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British