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Film Number |
155 |
Title |
THE BIRTH OF A SERVICE |
Producer |
Pathe Pictures Ltd |
Date |
*1944 |
Gauge |
35mm N |
Colour |
b/w |
Sound |
sound |
Running Time |
11 mins 44 secs |
Description |
North West Fire Services parade through a town, then air raid scenes are shown and it is explained that some of the fire-fighters are part-time. Members of the Fire Service are then shown involved in various activities - training recruits, maintaining water supplies, housekeeping and administrative duties, firefighting, maintaining machinery and buildings, making toys for children in hospitals and doing munitions work in spare time, attending emergencies, and fighting fires aboard ship. The film ends with an appeal for donations to the Welfare Fund - a collection will be taken at 'this' cinema. |
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