Fire Fighting Engine (1941)

Unused / unissued material - location and dates unclear or unknown. VS of a fire fighting demonstration using an SR 0-6-0 tanker steam engine / locomotive which has been fitted with water pumps etc. for fighting railway fires. The firemen attach hoses to the pump and spray water off to the side of the track. (Neg.) N.B. SR Stands for Southern Railways. 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.