Firemen Training In Italy (1961)

Rome, Italy. Documentation on file, Italian commentary about firemen training. MS. Fire engine coming towards camera, it stops and firemen jump out. Various shots, firemen removing hoses from the engine, rolling them out and connecting a water supply. MS. Building on which the firemen are playing their hoses. Various shots of firemen extinguishing a small burning tank of oil with foam. Various shots of firemen lowering one of their comrades who is strapped to a stretcher, from the top of a building with the aid of ropes. Various shots of about thirty firemen climbing along the top of a ruin of a building. MS. and CU. Firemen shoring up a dangerous wall in a gutted building. MS. CU. Firemen wearing oxygen masks. MS. Firemen wearing masks, climbing into a smoke-filled cellar. CUs. of the firemen inside the cellar. MS. Firemen climbing into the smoke filled cellar, and CUs of them inside. (Comb. F.G.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.