Stillman Fires Collection: Bigger And Better

★★★ · Hell freezes over. · Spuzz · 2004-10-01

Another mixed bag of Stillman clips, the bonus here that it's in (reddish) color. The lumberyard footage is pretty boring, but the Church burning is pretty interesting with the camera focusing on the church windows while the fire burns inside, the next scenes are outside, where all the water and the subzero temperatures froze the water to the trees. After that is footage of a fire at a 'casino' where one could go rollerskating if one wanted to (!) and the film ends with a GREAT massive fire on a big ol' ship. The ship looks MASSIVE and one wonders how they were going to handle that one.

★★ · Big Red Firetrucks Aplenty! · Christine Hennig · 2004-01-15

Silent color film footage from the 30s and 40s showing firefighters putting out various fires in the New York City area. Unfortunately, the film has been poorly digitized, with lots of pixelization, so its hard to see whats happening, especially in the night scenes. Still, its kind of fun to see those big old firetrucks in glorious color. Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: *. Weirdness: **. Historical Interest: ***. Overall Rating: **.