Firemen’s Competitions (1957)

Unissued / unused material. Firemen’s competitions in Moscow, Soviet Union (Russia, USSR). Titles in Cyrillic. LS firemen rolling hose onto drum. LS 4 firemen jumping over hurdles, and running along ladder. High angle shot firemen running with ladders and climbing towards camera. LS firemen using short ladders to climb dummy house. CUs firemen placing ladder onto next windowsill and climbing. LS firemen with fire extinguisher running towards fire. He uses the extinguisher to put out the flames. MS winning fire brigade from Leningrad with their prize. Date on dope sheet is 17/09/1957. 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.