Film Record: War Time - Gas Masks

Still from War Time - Gas Mask via EAFA

Identifier:

• 4441 (Source: East Anglian Film Archive)

Date produced:

Filmmaker(s):

Eustace Alliott

Country of Production:

United Kingdom

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:01:06

Length:

25 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Description:

"A short film recording details of a fire-fighting demonstration by the Reichsluftschutzbund." (EAFA Database)

Resources:

This film is part of the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection held by the East Anglian Film Archive, Norwich, UK.

Locations:

• Germany (Filming)

Subjects:

• Politics
•      War
• Europe
•      Germany

Genre:

• Travelogue

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection, East Anglian Film Archive

Viewing Notes:

"Shots include: man in gas mask; small crowd observing the activity; a member of the Reichsluftschutzbund addresses the observers and lights a small incendiary device; the man uses a hand pump extinguisher, drops hose to ground, uses shovel to drop sand/ earth on flames, disperses burning remnants, colleague sprays water on ground; man in gas mask stands next to equipment trolley, boys take closer look, ushered away; shot of Reichsluftschutzbund demonstrator with equipment trolley." (EAFA Database)

Video Link:

• eafa.org.uk

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