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Film Number |
5587 |
Title |
BOOTLE AUXILARY FIRE SERVICE |
Producer |
Liverpool Fire Service |
Date |
1954 |
Gauge |
16mm |
Colour |
b/w & colour |
Sound |
silent |
Running Time |
11 mins 40 secs |
Description |
Auxiliary firefighters train with a fire engine at Owens Peck and Co Ltd timber yard, Bootle. They practise with ladders and hoses against a building, and at a canalside. A sign reads, "Exercise Spigot Sunday 25th July 1954." Firefighters use hoses, ladders, and put out a fire. They wash the fire engine and practise with its equipment. A team, some wearing lifejackets, prepare and transport a dinghy into the canal, before practising manouevres with machinery. Auxiliary teams from Birkenhead, Chester, Lancashire, Liverpool and Wallasey compete in various tasks on a parade ground. |
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