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Ladies' Fire Brigade

1915 , Norwich (Norfolk)

Cat no. 1282

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The women's fire brigade of Chamberlin's Department Store, Norwich.

The first shot shows a fire drill. Women are escaping from upstairs windows of Chamberlin's Department Store by rope.The second shot, also of a fire drill, shows the Ladies' Fire Brigade tackling a fire at a double fronted Georgian House. They have to pump water by hand. They then join in a circle and catch people in a blanket as they jump from upstairs windows. The final shots are of the brigade posed for the camera. They remove their helmets and smile and wave.

Featured Buildings

Chamberlin's Department Store

Keywords

Emergency services; Fire-fighting; Shop-workers; World War I; Women

Background Information

The following intertitle appeared on the front of the film but was not recorded on this copy.: Employees of drapery store Norwich give practical demonstration of their abilities as fire fighters. The women were employees of Chamberlins. They were trained by the fire brigade.

Manifestations

Ladies' Fire Brigade

  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV239629
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 1940
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DVD disk
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    21/08/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    676183
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV216808
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 1941
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DVD disk
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    21/08/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    676182
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV306166
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    master digital
    Colour Type
    bw
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:01:55
    Has Sound
    N
    Modification Date
    12/08/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    675649
    Sound
    silent
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV162503
    Canonical Identifier
    ATV 121
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    BetacamSP tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    17/07/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    672479
  • Barcode
    INV244780
    Canonical Identifier
    B-8360
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour Type
    bw
    Has Sound
    N
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    pos
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    566282
    Sound
    silent
  • Barcode
    INV450042
    Canonical Identifier
    VP-1178
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    563761
  • Barcode
    INV213318
    Canonical Identifier
    VP-631
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Duration
    0:01:00
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    563760

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