Testing Their Skill (1930-1939)

Full title reads: “Testing Their Skill - Firemen give demonstration at Calcutta“. Calcutta, India. Parade of fire engines on parade ground. It appears that the Fire officers and drivers are European and the firemen are Indian. VS a dignitary and a senior fire officer inspect the men. VS of firemen showing their skills with hoses, ladders and ropes in demonstration at fire tower. They build a tower of extendable ladders. N.B. Item found in Unidentified Gazettes reel. 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