New Fire Float - New York (1938)

Item title reads - New York Harbour. World’s largest fire float in New York, America (USA). L/S of the fire float gushing out water in all different directions from its nine hoses to a distance of four hundred feet. M/S as the camera pans up the float. M/S of firemen on the float, M/S as one directs a hose upwards. Various shots as the water sprays out from the impressive vehicle. Cataloguer’s note: the soundtrack to this item is missing. 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