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Gould can 5123.6 (1913)

1913 · Ephemeral film · 2 min

Synopsis

California School for the Deaf (at Berkeley, Calif.) installs new, unique fire escape. Board of Education and Fire Department representatives review it; they watch children slide down and escape; children can escape at rate of 150 per minute; officials watching; children coming out of chute in rapid succession; various views of chute and adults testing it; whole school and faculty in front of school building.

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Running time
2 minutes