New Fire Blanket

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Series Name: British Movietone News

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Issue No.

2289A

Date Released

19 Apr 1973

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2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Fire Blanket. DESCRIPTION: Australians demonstrate a new blanket fire extinguisher. The blanket is soaked with a new anti-fire water-gel. SHOTLIST: GV man puts water-gel liquid on hands and puts them into fire but has no feeling, people watch. MS 2 Australians sitting down on grass with water-gel fire blankets in front of them. GV man demonstrating to onlookers how water-gel extinguishers put out clothing on a human being in seconds. MS Australian army in group watching new fire blanket. GV person lying on floor with flames coming from all over him, man with fire blanket demonstrates that it works in seconds. MS onlookers. MS stuntman lying on ground with fire blanket over him. GV blazing flames, man with fire blanket throws it onto flames. GV flames go out immediately and leave a pathway to run through, with flames each side. MS Australian onlookers. GV man crawling over fire blanket and has a fire blanket over him with flames each side. GV man crawling through flames with blanket over him. MS Australian Army Fire Service. GV stuntman getting up off floor.

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Credits:

Commentator: Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

107

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