- Title: F-A5323
- Summary: FIRE FIGHTING FOR HOUSEHOLDERS: ILLUSTRATES WAYS TO PREVENT FIRES FROM OCCURRING IN THE HOME AND HOW TO FIGHT FIRES ONCE THEY DO START IN THE HOME.
- Description:03:44:04 - CU WALL FIRE ALARM RINGS 03:44:09 - FIRE HOUSE DOORS OPEN, EARLY 1950s FIRE TRUCK LEAVING FIRE STATION TO BATTLE FIRE 03:44:17 - URBAN APARTMENT BUILDING ABLAZE. FIRE FIGHTERS HOSING FIRE PUTTING OUT FIRE 03:44:23 - PAN ENTIRE CITY ON FIRE, WWII FOOTAGE 03:44:35 - MUSHROOM CLOUD NUCLEAR EXPLOSION ATOMIC WARFARE. ATOMIC BLAST INTENSE HEAT. COLD WAR PROPAGANDA THREAT OF NUCLEAR ATTACK 03:44:42 - CU FIRE FLAMES. CURTAINS CATCH FIRE HOUSE FIRE 03:44:54 - INTERIOR HOME. TABLE AND LAMP FALLS OVER FROM ATOMIC BLAST WAVE. FIRE STARTS IN WASTE BASKET. 03:45:02 - FIRE STARTS IN GAS HEATER 03:45:05 - FIRE IN KITCHEN BROKEN GAS PIPE 03:45:10 - WASTE BASKET IN LIVING ROOM ON FIRE. WAYS FIRES START IN THE HOME. 03:45:14 - CURTAINS ABLAZE FIRE SPREADING IN HOME 03:45:18 - EXTERIOR HOME ON FIRE. HOUSE FIRE OUT OF CONTROL. HOUSE REDUCED TO ASH COMPLETE LOSS 03:45:30 - CU WASTE BASKET ON FIRE. SMALL FIRES IN THE HOME. HOUSEWIFE ACTS FAST, REMOVES CURTAINS FROM FIRE PATH. HUSBAND ENTERS ROOM AND SMOTHERS FIRE WITH SOFA CUSHION. WIFE POURS WATER ON FIRE 03:46:00 - APARTMENT ON FIRE. MAN GRABS FIRE EXTINGUISHER FROM WALL. PUTS OUT FIRE. WATER FIRE EXTINGUISHER. EXTINGUISHER RUNS OUT OF WATER. GARDEN HOSE ATTACHED TO KITCHEN SINK WITH SPECIAL ADAPTOR PROVIDES CONTINUOUS WATER SUPPLY TO BATTLE HOUSE FIRE. QUICK THINKING SAVES THE HOME 03:47:16 - CU HOSE RUNS OUT OF WATER. WOMAN PUMPS TANK. PUMP TANK EXTINGUISHER USED TO BATTLE FIRE. HUSBAND PUMPS AND WIFE HOSES DOWN FIRE. TEAM EFFORT TO FIGHT FIRE. 03:47:30 - THREE MAN TEAM FIGHT FIRE. ONE REFILLS TANK, ANOTHER PUMPS TANK THIRD MAN ON LADDER TO ATTIC PUTTING OUT FIRE THAT STARTED IN THE ATTIC. 03:47:50 - CU ROOF FIRE. MAN CLIMBS LADDER TO BATTLE ROOF FIRE WITH BACK PACK EXTINGUISHER. BE SURE FIRE IS OUT. DIGS WITH HATCHET TO MAKE SURE NO SMOLDERING EMBERS WILL FLARE UP LATER. 03:48:40 - BUCKETS OF SAND AND WATER USED TO BATTLE FIRE. MAN THROWS SAND ON BURNING OIL FIRE. CUTS OFF THE AIR AND SMOTHERS THE FIRE 03:49:02 - CHEMICAL EXTINGUISHER USED ON FIRE. CARBON DIOXIDE. 03:49:22 - MAN FIGHTS FIRE WITH SMALL FIRE EXTINGUISHER. PUMP EXTINGUISHER. CHEMICAL LIQUID CARBON TETRACHLORIDE. TOXIC VAPORS DO NOT BREATH THEM IN 03:49:38 - CU CHEMICAL EXTINGUISHER, MAN CHECKS DATES ON EXTINGUISHER MAKE SURE IT'S BEEN CHECKED AND FILLED WITHIN THE PAST YEAR. 03:49:47 - SUPPLIES TO FIGHT FIRES IN THE HOME. BUCKETS OF SAND AND WATER KEPT NEXT TO FIRE EXTINGUISHER. BE PREPARED. 03:49:56 - WOMAN AND SON CLEAN OUT MESSY CLUTTERED GARAGE. PAPERS AND THINGS THAT THREATEN SAFETY. 03:50:15 - CU IRON WITH DEFECTIVE CORD. DEFECTIVE ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT MAY CAUSE FIRE. FRAYED CORD. 03:50:21 - MAN PLACES LIDS ON PAINT CANS 03:50:30 - MAN REMOVES BRUSH FROM OUTSIDE OF HIS HOME. 03:50:39 - HOUSE ON FIRE. ROOF FIRE. MAN GRABS BUCKET OF WATER. THREE MAN TEAM BATTLES HOUSE FIRE WITH PUMP FIRE EXTINGUISHER 03:50:55 - MAN GRABS BUCKET OF SAND TO BATTLE OIL FIRE. SMOTHERS FIRE WITH SAND 03:51:06 - MAN BATTLES FIRE WITH CHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHER 03:51:13 - MAN BATTLES ROOF FIRE WITH BACK PACK FIRE EXTINGUISHER 03:51:20 - CU DIGGING INTO ROOF WITH AX TO REMOVE BURNING EMBERS UNDERNEATH 03:51:32 - FIRE FIGHTING FOR HOUSEHOLDERS SAFETY BOOKLET 03:51:38 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1951
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-A5323