- Title: F-A4314
- Summary: MAKING A FIREMAN: EARLY INDUSTRIAL EDUCATIONAL FOOTAGE OF FIRE. FIGHTING TECHNIQUES IN CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT. FIREMAN IN UNIFORM ATTEND INSTRUCTIONAL CLASSES DEMONSTRATIONS OF FIGHTING FIRES AROUND 1920s.
- Description:02:02:33 - SIGN FOR FIRE COLLEGE. LONG LINE OF MEN OUTSIDE THE NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE COLLEGE. 02:02:55 - MEN SLOWLY ENTER BUILDING. CU SHOES PASS FOR BREAD LINE FOOTAGE 02:03:34 - HUGE WAREHOUSE LIKE ROOM FILLED WITH STUDENTS LEARNING TO BECOME FIREMEN INSTRUCTOR AT FRONT OF LECTURE HALL CLASS. MS MEN'S FACES AS THEY LISTEN. 02:04:09 - MEN STAND UP WITH HANDS RAISED TO SWEAR OATH. 02:04:29 - LARGE ROOM FULL OF MEN TAKING TEST. 02:05:15 - FIREMEN IN UNIFORM SALUTE AND DRILL LIKE SOLDIERS. STUDENTS IN COURTYARD FOR TRAINING CHIEF CONDUCTS UNIFORM INSPECTIONS. 02:06:18 - RECRUITS WEAR SHORT PANTS AND BERETS DO MASS EXERCISES. DEEP KNEE BENDS, STRETCHING, MARCHING. 02 07 19 FIREMEN CLIMB UP AND ACROSS LADDERS. SWING UNDER LADDER LIKE MONKEY BARS IN PLAYGROUND. 02:08:11 - FIREMEN PRACTICE BY CARRYING DUMMIES UP AND DOWN LADDERS. 02:08:34 - FIREMEN PRACTICE ROPE TYING. TYING ROPES ON LADDERS 02:08:42 - FIREMEN RUNNING WITH FIREHOSE. CONNECTING HOSES. THROWING DOWN ROPE FROM TOP OF BUILDING. 02:09:07 - FIREMEN SCALING WALLS. CLIMBING DOWN ROPES 02:09:18 - SMALL SPECIAL LADDERS HOOK ONTO WINDOW SILLS. BODIES MAKE SYMMETRICAL FORMATIONS. MEN CLIMB OUT OF WINDOWS. 02:10:56 - FIREMEN HOOKING ROPE TO LARGE METAL CLASPS AROUND WAIST. PROPELLING DOWN SIDE OF BUILDING CARRYING OTHER MEN ON THEIR BACKS. RESCUE SURVIVORS. 02:12:20 - FIREMEN RAISING LADDERS TO ROOF. LOWERING LADDERS FROM ROOF. 02:13:12 - FIREMEN CLIMB LADDER AND GO UP FIRE ESCAPE. CARRY HOSE TO TOP OF BUILDING. TURN ON WATER FROM FIRE HYDRANT. 02:14:00 - MEN JUMP FROM BUILDING TO RESCUE NET. 02:14:35 - FIREMEN LEARN HOW TO SAVE VICTIMS. CARRYING MEN OVER SHOULDERS. 02:14:44 - FIREMEN WORKING WITH POWERFUL HOSE. 02:15:06 - FIREMEN CLIMBING LADDER, CARRYING VICTIM DOWN LADDER. 02:15:18 - CU FIRE CHIEF WITH BULLHORN 02:15:22 - FIREMAN CLIMBS LADDER, STOPS AT CAMERA 02:15:31 - FIREMEN SAVE VICTIMS, CARRY DOWN LADDER. SMOKE COMES OUT OF WINDOW. 02:16:30 - MEN RUN TO FETCH COILS OF HOSE 02:16:46 - FIREMEN WEARING GAS MASKS, EQUIPMENT GEAR. 02:17:15 - SMOKE COMES OUT OF BASEMENT OPENING. FIREMEN USING AXE TO RESCUE MAN. PERFORM EARLY CPR, RESUSCITATION TECHNIQUES. 02:18:03 - FIREMEN LIFTING TALL LADDERS, AND LOWERING. WALKING WITH LADDERS. 02:19:17 - FIREMEN PUTTING HOSE AWAY. REMOVING NOZZLE. DRILLING WITH HOSES 02:20:30 - VETERAN FIRE CHIEFS GOING OVER PAPERS. 02:20:53 - FIREMEN IN CLASS TAKE NOTES. INSTRUCTOR IN FRONT OF CLASS POINTS AT DIAGRAM WITH POINTER. POINTING AT NOTES ON BLACKBOARD. VISUAL AIDS IN LEARNING 02:21:48 - DOING SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS. SMALL FIRE. LAB WORK. TAKING NOTES WHILE STUDYING ENGINE AND MACHINES WITH TURNING GEARS. PUMPS. HOOK AND LADDER. 02:24:05 - FIRE TRUCK ON ROAD. 02:24:12 - CHIEF EXPLAINING PARTS OF THE FIRE ENGINE. 02:24:35 - FIREMEN IN DRESS UNIFORM. STANDING AT ATTENTION. SALUTE INSPECTION. 02:24:50 - FIREMEN LISTEN TO LECTURE GIVEN BY FIRE CHIEF TAKING NOTES DURING LECTURE 02:25:43 - FIRE CHIEF ON TELEPHONE ON FIREBOAT. CAPTAIN STEERS BOAT. IN ENGINE ROOM MEN PULL LEVERS. TURBINE ENGINE. CU SHIPS TELEGRAPH CONTROLS. LADDER RAISED. AMERICAN FLAGS WAVES ON BOAT. SHOWING MEN SPECIAL EQUIPMENT. RAISING LADDER ON BOARD SHIP 02:28:01 - FIRE CHIEF TAKING ATTENDANCE. MAN IN IN STRIPED SUIT.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1920
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1920s
- File Name: F-A4314