Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 147 (1941)

Titles read: “CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF“. Various locations of events. In Boston, United States of America, we see various shots of a fireman in a diving suit getting into an indoor swimming pool to rescue a man lying on the bottom. On the soundtrack we hear thuds - it’s the sound of the air pump, not the fireman’s heart. He brings the man to the surface. In Grecca (sp? Greppa? Greta?), Australia, we see several shots of a smouldering fire that has been burning for over a year. The source of the fire is thought to be a disused coal mine beneath the town. Nearby we see smouldering ashes on a hill known as ’Burning Mountain’ - this fire is also coming from a coal field beneath the earth. A man turns over ashes with a stick. Huge clouds of smoke billow into the air. In Oregon, United States of America, we see brief shots of a group of unemployed men fishing for salmon on the Columbia River. They have been given the freedom of the river for one day, courtesy of the city fathers. On an Americ