1950GOVERNMENT SERVICES
LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT USING VARIETY OF EQUIPMENT
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MAN ASLEEP IN BED WITH LIT CIGARETTE BETWEEN FINGERS.
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CU CIGARETTE IN HAND.
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BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER BEDROOM DOOR
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| 00:21:43 18.6 |
MAN IN PAJAMAS BURSTS OUT OF SMOKE-FILLED BEDROOM GRASPING AT HIS EYES.
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| 00:21:48 23.6 |
QUICKLY DIALS PHONE FOR HELP. LOOKS BACK AT BURNING BEDROOM.
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| 00:22:10 44.6 |
VARIOUS SCENES PEOPLE CALLING FIRE DEPARTMENT TO REPORT FIRES INCLUDING MOTHER WITH CHILD IN LAP, DISTRESSED WOMAN, YOUNG BOY, ELDERLY WOMAN & MAN
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| 00:22:15 49.6 |
LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT DISPATCHERS WITH HEADPHONES BUSY AT SWITCHBOARD
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| 00:22:40 74.6 |
MONTAGE FIRE HAZARDS CAUSED BY PEOPLE:
CU HAND OF MAN EMPTYING ASH TRAY INTO TRASH CAN |
| 00:22:43 77.6 |
CU WOMAN'S HANDS USING GASOLINE TO SCRUB STAINS OFF CLOTHING WASH PAN
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| 00:22:47 81.6 |
LITTLE BOY REACHES FOR BOX OF MATCHES ON STOVE.
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| 00:22:51 86.6 |
CU MAN'S HANDS PLACING PENNY IN FUSE BOX
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| 00:22:56 91.6 |
CU MAN WRAPS EXTENSION WIRE WITH BULB ON NAIL IN WALL.
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| 00:23:02 96.6 |
MAN CLEANING PAINT BRUSHES WITH RAG & THROWING IT ON PAINT CAN.
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| 00:23:14 108.6 |
VARIOUS VIEWS LOS ANGELES ARCHITECTURALLY DESIRABLE FIRE STATIONS IN KEY PARTS OF CITY
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| 00:23:50 144.6 |
FIRE ENGINES OF ALL KINDS LED BY CHIEF'S CAR LEVE ENGINE STATION
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| 00:23:55 149.6 |
VARIETY ENGINES SPEEDING THROUGH URBAN STREETS ARRIVING AT SITE OF FIRE.
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| 00:23:59 154.6 |
FIREMAN JUMPS OFF MOVING TRUCK & RUNS WITH HOSE IN HAND TO FIRE HYDRANT AS TRUCK PROCEEDS TO FIRE. "U. S. PUMPS" BUILDING IN BKGD.
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| 00:24:34 188.6 |
CU FIREMAN OPENS CAP ON HYDRANT AS COMPANION UNIT PUMPER PULLS UP TO HYDRANT.
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| 00:24:39 193.6 |
FIREMAN ATTACHES HOSE FROM HYDRANT TO PUMPER AS ANOTHER FIREMAN ATTACHES MAIN HOSE TO PUMPER.
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| 00:24:44 198.6 |
THREE FIREMEN ON BACK OF HOSE TRUCK START PULLING HOSE FROM TRUCK
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| 00:24:49 203.6 |
FIREMAN SCREWS NOZZLE ONTO HOSE & CARRIES IT ON SHOULDER DRAGGING HOSE BEHIND HIM.
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| 00:25:35 249.6 |
FIREMAN TURNS ON HYDRANT CAUSING HOSES TO PUMPER & OUT TO PRESSURIZE
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| 00:25:40 254.6 |
FIREMEN POUR WATER INTO BURNING WAREHOUSE.
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| 00:25:51 265.6 |
TRIPLE COMBINATION FIRE TRUCK CONTAINING BOTH HOSE, WATER TANK & PUMP SPEEDS DOWN SUBURBAN STREET. VEERS SHARPLY & STOPS AT HYDRANT.
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| 00:25:56 270.6 |
FIREMAN JUMPS OFF TRUCK & ATTACHES SPECIAL VALVE TO HYDRANT AS TRUCK CONTINUES TO SITE OF FIRE.
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| 00:26:01 275.6 |
TRUCK BACKS UP TO HYDRANT. FIREMEN ATTACH HOSES TO PUMP.
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| 00:27:00 334.6 |
PAN HEAVY SMOKE RISES FROM FIRE OF SINGLE FAMILY SUBURBAN HOUSE.
FIRE APPARATUS IN STREET IN FRGD |
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FIRE TRUCK WITH POWER HOSE CANNON PULLS UP TO MANUFACTURING PLANT.
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| 00:27:23 357.6 |
FIREMEN PULL HOSE FROM TRUCK & ATTACH IT TO PUMPER AS IT ARRIVES.
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| 00:27:28 362.6 |
FIREMAN ATTACH MANY MORE HOSES TO THIS TYPE OF PUMPER
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| 00:27:53 387.6 |
FIERCE FLAMES RISE FROM PLANT AS FIREMEN POUR WATER INTO BUILDING.
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| 00:28:05 399.6 |
HOOK AND LADDER TRUCK SPEEDS DOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT STREETS.
TURNS AT CORNER. |
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ABOVE VIEW FIREMAN SEATED IN BUCKET SEAT THAT STEERS BACKEND OF HOOK & LADDER. REMOVES BUCKET & STARTS RAISING HUGE AERIAL LADDER AT FIRE SITE.
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| 00:28:50 444.6 |
FIREMAN WORKS CONTROLS OF HYDRAULICALLY CONTROLLED AERIAL LADDER
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| 00:28:55 449.6 |
POV LOOKING DOWN FROM LADDER TO STREET.
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| 00:29:00 454.6 |
LOOKING UP LADDER AS IT RISES TO TOP OF BUILDING
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| 00:29:03 457.6 |
FIREMEN RUNNING UP LADDER TO ROOF.
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| 00:29:06 460.6 |
VARIOUS VIEWS SMOKE RISES ON ROOF FROM HOLES CHOPPED IN ROOF AS SEVERAL FIREMEN START VENTILATING OPERATIONS.
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| 00:29:36 490.6 |
FOUR FIREMEN PULL OUT LIFE NET FROM HOOK AND LADDER TRUCK & CARRY IT
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| 00:29:41 495.6 |
FIREMEN DON GAS MASKS AND OXYGEN TANKS IN FRONT OF FIRE TRUCK.
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| 00:29:50 504.6 |
FIREMEN TAKE SEVERAL SIZE LADDERS OFF HOOK & LADDER TRUCK & RUN
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| 00:29:55 509.6 |
ABOVE VIEW FOUR MEN PULL LONG FOOT LADDER FROM TRUCK.
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| 00:30:00 514.6 |
SIX MEN PULL VERY LONG LADDER OFF TRUCK TOWARDS CAMERA.
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| 00:30:20 534.6 |
FIREMEN GRAB AXES & LARGE FAN FROM RACK ON TRUCK
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| 00:30:25 539.6 |
SPECIAL SALVAGE TRUCK SPEEDS DOWN STREET TO SITE. FIREMEN PULL OUT WATER PROOF BLANKETS & RUN INTO HOUSE.
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| 00:30:30 544.6 |
FIREMEN COVER FURNITURE IN HOUSE TO PREVENT WATER DAMAGE.
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| 00:30:35 549.6 |
POUR LARGE BAGS OF SAWDUST AROUND FURNITURE.
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| 00:31:36 610.6 |
SALVAGE MEN REMOVE WATERPROOF BLANKETS OFF FURNITURE AFTER FIRE IS OUT.
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CU FIREMEN SWEEP UP SAWDUST AROUND FURNITURE.
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| 00:32:20 654.6 |
VARIOUS SCENES FIRE TRUCKS WITH SPECIAL CREWS TO SPEED UP MOUNTAIN ROAD TO FIGHT BRUSH FIRES.
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| 00:32:25 659.6 |
BRUSH FIRE IN MOUNTAINS.
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FIREMEN PULL HOSES FROM TRUCK TO FIGHT BRUSH FIRE.
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| 00:33:07 701.6 |
FIRE PATROL RANGER IN SMALL RED PICK-UP TRUCK WITH CONTAINING EQUIPMENT STOPS ALONG ROAD TO PUT OUT SMALL BRUSH FIRE WITH HOSE.
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| 00:33:12 706.6 |
CU RANGER GIVES SUMMONS TO WOMAN CAUSING FIRE.
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FLATBED TRUCK CARRYING BULLDOZER ON MOUNTAIN DESERT ROAD.
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DRIVER BACKS DOZER OFF TRUCK.
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| 00:33:53 747.6 |
BULLDOZER CUTS WIDE SWATH THROUGH TALL BRUSH TO CREATE FIRE BREAK.
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| 00:34:18 772.6 |
FIREMEN CREW RUNS ONTO FIRE BOAT IN LOS ANGELES HARBOR & PULL OUT OF DOCK.
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FIREMEN ON BOARD PULL FIRE HOSE.
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ABOVE VIEW FIRE BOAT PASSING UNDER BRIDGE & OUT TO HARBOR.
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ABOVE VIEW SPEEDING ALONG
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VARIOUS VIEWS FIREMEN ON BOAT FIRING SEA WATE WITH WATER CANNON AT HIGH VOLUME, LONG DISTANCE.
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| 00:35:45 859.6 |
FIREMAN FIRING POWERFUL WATER CANNON INTO AIR.
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| 00:36:17 891.6 |
WATER CANNON ATOP WATER TOWER ON TRUCK FIRES HIGH PRESSURE WATER INTO HIGH BUILDING.
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| 00:36:22 896.6 |
FIREMAN MANNING CANNON ON TRUCK. VARIOUS VIEWS FIREMEN FIRING &
CONTROLLING SPRAY ON WATER CANNONS. |
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POWERFUL SPOT LIGHTS ON TRIPODS STAND ALONGSIDE FIRE UTILITY TRUCK AS FIREMAN PLACES SMALL GENERATORS IN GROUND DURING NIGHT FIRE.
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| 00:36:50 924.6 |
CU EXTENSION LIGHT LIGHTS UP WHEN FIREMAN STARTS GENERATOR WITH PULL CORD.
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| 00:37:13 947.6 |
FIREMAN OPENS UP REAR DOORS OF UTILITY TRUCK & PULLS OUT LARGE COFFEE MAKER URNS TO SUPPLY FIREMEN WITH COFFEE DURING FIRES.
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| 00:37:26 960.6 |
FIREMEN WITH HOSE CLOSE IN ON FIERCE OIL FIRE AS IT SPEWS THICK BLACK SMOKE AND FIERCE FLAMES.
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| 00:37:31 965.6 |
ABOVE VIEW FIREMEN UNLOAD CANS OF FOAM FROM FIRE TRUCK TO FIGHT OIL FIRE.
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| 00:37:36 970.6 |
FIVE GALLON CANS OF FOAM POWDER IS DUMPED INTO HOPPER WHICH MIXES WITH WATER IN HOSE CREATING FOAM TO SMOTHER FIRE.
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| 00:38:19 1013.6 |
FIRE TRUCK SPEEDS ALONG RUNWAY PASSING VARIOUS PLANES AT AIRFIELD ON TARMAC.
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| 00:38:25 1019.6 |
RED RESCUE VEHICLE FROM RESCUE COMPANY STRATEGICALLY LOCATED THROUGH CITY SPEEDS TO SITE IN DOWNTOWN AREA.
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| 00:38:30 1024.6 |
FIREMEN EXIT CARRYING FIRST AID EQUIPMENT UP STOOP
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| 00:38:35 1029.6 |
RESCUE FIREMAN APPLIES OXYGEN MASK TO FALLEN VICTIM.
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| 00:39:09 1063.6 |
FIRE CHIEF AT HIS DESK ANSWERS PHONE.
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| 00:39:14 1068.6 |
CU DEPUTY CHIEF AT HIS DESK MEETS WITH DIVISION COMMANDERS
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| 00:40:08 1122.6 |
BATTALION CHIEF EXITS CAR AT SITE OF FIRE & DONS FIRE HELMET.
TAKES OVER COMMAND AT SITE. |
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FIREMEN PERFORMING THEIR VARIOUS ROLES: CAPTAIN, ENGINEERS, PUMP OPERATORS, AUTO FIREMEN DRIVERS, TILLER MEN, HOSE MEN, TRUCK MEN, SALVAGE MEN.
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| 00:41:04 1178.6 |
YOUNG RECRUIT APPLYING FOR JOB AT CIVIL SERVICE OFFICE IS GIVEN APPLICATION, FINGERPRINTED
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TAKING WRITTEN EXAMINATION WITH OTHERS
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YOUNG FIREMAN RECRUIT GOING THROUGH OUTDOOR PHYSICAL AGILITY TEST
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DOCTOR GIVES BLOOD PRESSURE TEST ON SHIRTLESS RECRUIT. CHECKS HEART WITH STETHOSCOPE.
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RECRUIT PLACES VALVE IN HYDRANT
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| 00:41:58 1233.6 |
GROUP OF RECRUITS HANDLING HOSE AS OTHERS WATCH
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| 00:42:04 1238.6 |
RECRUITS HANDLING LADDERS.
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| 00:42:19 1253.6 |
ABOVE VIEW RECRUIT JUMPS OFF BUILDING INTO NET BEING HELD BY OTHER RECRUITS BELOW.
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| 00:42:28 1262.6 |
COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING FOR LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT
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| 00:42:33 1267.6 |
FIREMAN CHECKS HUGE PANEL BOARD TO CHECK NUMBER ON BOX WHERE GLASS WAS BROKEN AND ALARM PULLED.
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| 00:43:02 1296.6 |
FIREMEN SLIDING DOWN POLES IN FIRE HOUSE TO RESPOND TO ALARM.
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| 00:43:07 1301.6 |
FIRE DISPATCHERS ON SWITCHBOARD RECEIVING ALARM BY PHONE. CHECKS WALL MAP & RELAYS MESSAGE..
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FIREMAN ON TRUCK CHECKS BU PHONE.
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| 00:44:54 1408.6 |
DETECTIVES OF ARSON BUREAU CHECK REPORT RECEIVED BY PHONE.
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| 00:44:59 1413.6 |
DETECTIVE ARRIVES AT SITE OF BURNED OUT BUILDING. ENTERS BUILDING TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF FIRE.
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ABOVE VIEW DETECTIVES & FIREMEN CHECKING INSIDE BURNED OUT BUILDING.
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DETECTIVE QUESTIONS SUSPECT AS ANOTHER SHOWS HIM BOTTLE.
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| 00:45:42 1456.6 |
SUSPECT SNIFFS BOTTLE.
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DETECTIVE SNIFFS BOTTLE & SMELLS SUSPECT'S CLOTHING.
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SUSPECT IS ARRESTED FOR ARSON & TAKEN AWAY
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| 00:46:04 1478.6 |
SUSPECT IS TAKEN TO JAIL & PLACED BEHIND BARS.
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| 00:46:29 1503.6 |
FIRE SMOKE RAISES FROM RESIDENTIAL HOME.
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| 00:46:34 1508.6 |
PEOPLE CARRY BELONGINGS AWAY AS THEIR HOMES BURN IN SLUM-LIKE AREA.
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| 00:47:27 1561.6 |
VARIOUS SCENES FIRE INSPECTORS OF FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU INSPECTING LUMBER YARD, OIL STORAGE DEPOT & MANUFACTURING PLANTS WHERE FIRE HAZARDS ARE MOST SEVERE.
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| 00:48:25 1619.6 |
VARIOUS BRIGHT NEON SIGNS LIGHT UP DOWNTOWN THEATER DISTRICT
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| 00:48:37 1631.6 |
INSPECTOR SPEAKS TO NURSE OUTSIDE NURSING HOME.
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| 00:48:57 1651.6 |
FIRE INSPECTOR CHECKS FIRE ESCAPE OUTSIDE WINDOW OF TENEMENT HOUSE.
LOWERS IT TO GROUND BELOW AS ELDERLY WOMAN WATCHES. |
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CU CHECKS STAND PIPES
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| 00:49:18 1672.6 |
ABOVE VIEW INSPECTORS CHECKING HUGE PILES OF DEBRIS, THROWN AWAY FURNITURE IN BACK YARD OF TENEMENT HOUSE.
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| 00:49:58 1712.6 |
CAPTAIN HANDS OUT FIRE PREVENTION CIRCULARS TO FIREMEN WHO GO HOUSE TO HOUSE TO SPREAD GOSPEL OF FIRE PREVENTION.
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| 00:50:03 1717.6 |
FIREMAN WALKS UP TO PORCH OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME &
RINGS DOORBELL. |
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WOMAN WITH CHILD IN ARM ANSWERS DOOR. FIREMAN EXPLAINS CIRCULAR.
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| 00:50:50 1765.6 |
CU HAND HOLDS UP NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS TELLING OF FIRE SAFETY CRACKDOWN.
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| 00:50:55 1770.6 |
RADIO ANNOUNCERS WITH FIREMEN MAKING BROADCAST.
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| 00:51:13 1787.6 |
CU HEAVY SMOKE & FIRE RISING FROM HOUSE ON FIRE.
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ABOVE VIEW STREET SCENE AT FIRE.
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MAN IN UNDERSHIRT WITH PANTS UNBUCKLED COMES DOWN LADDER OF HOME TO SAFETY
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FIREMEN CLIMB UP WITH HOSES TO DANGER.
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FIREMAN ARRIVES ON ROOF & WALKS RIGHT INTO HEAVY SMOKE BILLOWING FROM ATTIC.
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ABOVE VIEW FIREMEN ON SMOKE FILLED ROOF WITH HOSE AND AXES
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PAN RAGING FIRE ON ROOF
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| 00:52:12 1846.6 |
FINGER DIALS 116 (LOS ANGELES EMERGENCY PRE-911) ON ROTARY DIAL TELEPHONE
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| 00:52:17 1851.6 |
CU MAN WITH CIGAR IN MOUTH BREAKS GLASS & PULLS LEVER ON CORNER ALARM BOX.
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FIERCE FIRE ON ROOF LIGHTS UP NIGHT
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