Jet Aids Firemen (1954)

Birmingham. SV Land Rover carrying firemen and jet fire pump, driving into field. SCU Land Rover stopping, firemen getting out. SV firemen walk to back of Land Rover. STV firemen lifting pump from Land Rover. SCU pump being placed on ground. SCU pump being lifted and taken away. SV pan, firemen running with pump to riverside. CU midget pump. SCU engineers looking at pump. SV back view, firemen coupling up hoses and running them out. SCU firemen winding starting handle of jet pump. CU jet pump starting: flames from outlet. CU pressure gauges on top of pump. SCU firemen standing by main cock. SV towards, water surging along, hoses filling them out. SV water spurting from hoses. SV back view, four firemen playing four hoses. Back view, midget pump with inlet pipe from river and firemen playing hoses in distance. SV back view, firemen playing hoses. CU fireman. GV hoses playing towards. (.) 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 (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.