Stillman Fires Collection: Flitful Flashes Of First Alarms

★★★★ · How many times have you seen a horse in a manhole? · Bill T. · 2004-01-09

After once again, telling us how fire calls are recieved (this is shown in another film also), we go into the real meat and potato work of firemen's duties, minor fires.. and boy what fires they are! Bus fires! Paper truck fires! Bedroom Fires! But wait! it's not just fires! We also see firemen dealing with ammonia leaks (by putting on deep sea helmets) and in one of the most strangest scenes, what APPEARS to be a horse carcass in a manhole. I'm just guessing here, but that sure is strange.

★★★ · Another Day of Pulling Horses Out of the Sewer · Christine Hennig · 2006-09-02

This 30s film shows us a great variety of the everyday tasks of New Yorkâs firefighters, from putting out vehicle fires to stopping an ammonia leak to pulling a horse carcass out of the sewer to putting out prank fires kids set on election day. Lots of great scenes of vintage firefighting equipment are in this film, including scenes of old-time steamers. Lots of historical value here, and firefighting fans should find this interesting. Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: **. Weirdness: ***. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating: ***.