King With Fire Fighters (1940)

Full title reads: “King With Fire Fighters“. London. VS Shots of King George VI inspecting men and women of the regular and voluntary fire fighting service and despatch riders of the AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) and women air raid wardens together with some of their equipment drawn up in the courtyard of the London Fire Brigade Headquarters on the embankment at Lambeth. MS. from inside the fire station as fire engines rush out and turn right along the embankment. Library shots - Good GVs at night of buildings burning fiercely and entire blocks gutted by fire during night raid on London. VS GVs of smashed and ruined houses in the suburbs of London. N.B. The voiceover talks of the desire of people for real reprisals. 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 a