Runway Firemen

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1993
Date Released
14 Aug 1967
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Runway Firemen. DESCRIPTION: The big aviation hazard is fire. A demonstration at Stansted shows the efficiency of a new Fire-Fighting agent, BCF - Bromochlorodifluromethane. The fire’s out before you’ve said it! SHOTLIST: MCU firemen spraying foam on the airliner engine. GV aircraft on fire. MS firemen spraying foam onto blaze. MCU ditto. CU man switches on pump. MCU fireman opens tap on hose and foam starts spraying foam. MS fireman having extinguished aircraft fire. Pan up fire belching black smoke. CU fireman starts spraying with BCF MS firemen extinguishing blaze with BCF. MS ditto.
Keywords
Aviation; Science and technology; Accidents and disasters
Locations
England; Stansted
Card file number
92680
Credits:
Commentator
C. Reed
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Length of story (in feet)
84
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Runway Firemen', British Movietone News Issue No. 1993, 14 Aug 1967. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/27003 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)