Sky-Scraper Fire Fighter (1930)

Item title reads - “Sky-scraper fire fighter“. Fire Brigade try out America’s most powerful four nozzle 175 foot high fire tower - capable of spouting 28,000 gallons a minute! New York, America (USA, .). M/S of the fire engine, the tower extends upwards and the camera pans to the top. M/S of the men winding at the base, the camera pans up to the hose, various shots of the tower. The camera pans up to the top where water is spurting out, M/S of the four nozzles gushing water. 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.