The Village Fire (1909)

Unused / unissued material - Early comedy film - The Village Fire. An old farm hand tries to call out fire brigade, he is sent to the pub then around village shops collecting the volunteer firemen together. They eventually take the hand pump from the fire station and rush off to the fire, stopping off at the pub. Once at the fire everything goes wrong, their hoses leak and then the fire pump catches alight and they try to save their equipment. Intertitle reads: “Arrival of The Town Brigade“: The town brigade arrives to fight the fire and show them how to do it. 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 (1926-1