Modern Rescue Appliance Demonstration (1967)

Cheltenham fire station. Documentation on file from Gloucestershire Fire Service. M.S. The new fire engine enters the station yard with light flashing as if for emergency. V.S. A Jaguar car on its side and we see cutting equipment in action, with an oxy-propane gas torch and other items they cut a large hole in the top of Jaguar. V.S. Another addition on the appliance is a hydraulic winch and it raises a ten ton lorry off the ground. V.S. Of the many types of tool kits the appliance carries. M.S. Outboard motor and dinghy being removed from appliances. V.S. Of small chain saw cutting through piece of wood. V.S. Showing more and more of the equipment it carries including small halogen flood lights which are most powerful. C.U. Of the oxy-propane torch. (Orig. Neg.) 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