Prevent That Fire - Review Of Prevention Campaign (1961)

Title reads: “Prevent that Fire“ Review of Prevention Campaign. London. Various shots firemen directing hoses at blazing building. C/U Home Secretary Rab Butler seated at his desk. C/U poster “Guard Against Burns“, poster moves away to show exterior of Islington Town Hall where a fire in the home exhibition is being held. Panning shot schoolchildren going into the Town Hall. Interior: children looking at exhibits. Various shots fire prevention posters designed by children on the wall. Various shots of model of room with lots of fire and accident hazards in: iron on the table, a cigarette left burning on the table, medicine bottles and tablets left on a low chair, torn carpet, washing hanging in front of an open fire an oil heater and wicker chair near the fireplace. C/U sign reading “Danger at Bedtime“, pan to a child’s charred nightdress. C/U the nightdress. M/S flame resistant nightdresses and clothes on mannequins C/U, in the burns unit of the Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital. P
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