Fire Research (1961)

London. L/S of a high-rise tower block with red double-decker buses driving past, tilt up the height of the building - “one problem, now solved, was whether these modern homes incurred a greater fire risk than the normal house“. Boreham Wood (Borehamwood), Hertfordshire. M/S of a man carrying a wooden lattice block. He places the block on a table next to two smaller blocks. Panning shot along the row of blocks, models of modern multi-skyscrapers. M/S of two researchers at the Joint Fire Research Organisation. A metal tank is suspended from a cantilever, one of the researchers places a block in the tank. The experiment records how rapidly the skyscraper model burns by how quickly it loses weight. C/U of the weighing device at the top of the cantilever. C/U of a researcher starting a fire at the bottom of the block in the tank. M/S of the cantilever and the block burning very fiercely. C/U of the block burning, tilt up to the cantilever cable. M/S of the researcher kneeling taking notes, pann