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    Date released
    13 Nov 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/92
    NoS ID
    113871
    Story no
    5 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    A fire - a fierce, roaring inferno was easily tamed at a demonstration of a new fire-fighting foam. Also demonstrated were naval techniques of getting the foam to the conflagration.

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  2. News and Sports Pageant - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Mechanical Foam for Fires

    Date released
    6 Feb 1939
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    505
    NoS ID
    009660
    Story no
    6 / 12

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fire Fighting Demonstration. DESCRIPTION: Experiments with foam to dowse fires. SHOTLIST: At Walton on Thames a demonstration is given of the fire fighting device "Air Foam". A...

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  3. Polish Fire Brigade

    Date released
    10 Jul 1972
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2249
    NoS ID
    029462
    Story no
    5 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Polish Fire Brigade. DESCRIPTION: Polish Fire Brigade at Krakow in Poland gave a polished display of fire fighting and the modern methods used. SHOTLIST: SV firemen sliding down poles...

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  4. Runway Firemen

    Date released
    14 Aug 1967
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1993
    NoS ID
    027003
    Story no
    3 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Runway Firemen. DESCRIPTION: The big aviation hazard is fire. A demonstration at Stansted shows the efficiency of a new Fire-Fighting agent, BCF - Bromochlorodifluromethane. The...

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  5. Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Raaf Tests Its Own Fire Fighters

    Date released
    24 Feb 1941
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    612
    NoS ID
    011483
    Story no
    2 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: RAAF Anti-Fire Units Tested. DESCRIPTION: New fire fighting equipment is tried at a Melbourne Air Force Station. SHOTLIST: Air Marshal Williams sees a demonstration at Melbourne. A pole...

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  6. Aviation Fire Training School

    Date released
    17 May 1964
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    490
    NoS ID
    121514
    Story no
    3 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: Stand by for action, action which calls for precision and fire-fighting teamwork. In fact, Pathe Pic is watching a practice session at the Ministry of Aviation Fire Services Training School,...

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  7. New Fire Fighter

    Date released
    14 Aug 1967
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    67/65
    NoS ID
    112715
    Story no
    1 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    A new method of fighting aircraft and fuel fires is convincingly demonstrated. It’s a newly developed chemical, quick and much more effective than the current method of foam application.

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  8. Petrol Fire

    Date released
    10 Sep 1951
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1162
    NoS ID
    017359
    Story no
    6 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Petrol Fire. DESCRIPTION: One of the worst peacetime oil fires at Avonmouth, Bristol, as 22 tanks holding millions of gallons of petrol exploded into flames. SHOTLIST: Worst peacetime...

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  9. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    15 May 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/40
    NoS ID
    113577
    Story no
    2 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    One of the biggest man-made demonstration fires ever staged was used as conclusive evidence to demonstrate new aircraft fire-fighting techniques. Speed is the essence of the water-carrying foam which blotted...

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  10. Farnborough Foretaste

    Date released
    16 Sep 1968
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2050
    NoS ID
    027547
    Story no
    4 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Farnborough Foretaste. DESCRIPTION: To be demonstrated at Farnborough, the latest helicopter Fire Fighting technique using Light Water. The Abbotsfield International Air Show in British...

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