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Fire and Police Service (1947)

1947 · Ephemeral film · 10 min

Synopsis

Vocational film showing the work of emergency service personnel.

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Running time
10 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives

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★★★★ · Poopoo on fire.. · Spuzz · 2003-05-12

In this choose your job film, the occupations of fireman AND policeman are covered. It's interesting that the Police force get the majority of the time spent on this film, where the fireman are only briefly discussed. Nevertheless, fascinating coverage shots of what looks to be obsolete fire equipment (that catching blanket!) and some amazing fire footage is shown. If you wanna be a policeman, why, there's all sorts of places you can go, civic, criminal, detective, FBI, the choices are numerous (and glamourous) again, some interesting footage shown. While not overwhelmingly excellent, I…