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Film Number

428

Title

DISPLAY BY THE NATIONAL FIRE SERVICE, BOLTON

Producer

Bolton Co-op Society, Cine Department, Market Street.

Date

1942

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

5 mins 07 secs

Description

A display of drills and exercises in a Bolton park - team games on bicycles; extending ladders; horse-drawn fire engine; slapstick routine with a pantomime horse; extinguishing fires; soaking each other.
[The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]

 

 



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