Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-1569

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00:21:28 2.6	MAN ASLEEP IN BED WITH LIT CIGARETTE BETWEEN FINGERS.
00:21:33 7.6	CU CIGARETTE IN HAND.
00:21:39 13.6	BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER BEDROOM DOOR
00:21:43 18.6	MAN IN PAJAMAS BURSTS OUT OF SMOKE-FILLED BEDROOM GRASPING AT HIS EYES.
00:21:48 23.6	QUICKLY DIALS PHONE FOR HELP. LOOKS BACK AT BURNING BEDROOM.
00:22:10 44.6	VARIOUS SCENES PEOPLE CALLING FIRE DEPARTMENT TO REPORT FIRES INCLUDING MOTHER WITH CHILD IN LAP, DISTRESSED WOMAN, YOUNG BOY, ELDERLY WOMAN & MAN
00:22:15 49.6	LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT DISPATCHERS WITH HEADPHONES BUSY AT SWITCHBOARD
00:22:40 74.6	MONTAGE FIRE HAZARDS CAUSED BY PEOPLE: CU HAND OF MAN EMPTYING ASH TRAY INTO TRASH CAN
00:22:43 77.6	CU WOMAN'S HANDS USING GASOLINE TO SCRUB STAINS OFF CLOTHING WASH PAN
00:22:47 81.6	LITTLE BOY REACHES FOR BOX OF MATCHES ON STOVE.
00:22:51 86.6	CU MAN'S HANDS PLACING PENNY IN FUSE BOX
00:22:56 91.6	CU MAN WRAPS EXTENSION WIRE WITH BULB ON NAIL IN WALL.
00:23:02 96.6	MAN CLEANING PAINT BRUSHES WITH RAG & THROWING IT ON PAINT CAN.
00:23:14 108.6	VARIOUS VIEWS LOS ANGELES ARCHITECTURALLY DESIRABLE FIRE STATIONS IN KEY PARTS OF CITY
00:23:50 144.6	FIRE ENGINES OF ALL KINDS LED BY CHIEF'S CAR LEVE ENGINE STATION
00:23:55 149.6	VARIETY ENGINES SPEEDING THROUGH URBAN STREETS ARRIVING AT SITE OF FIRE.
00:23:59 154.6	FIREMAN JUMPS OFF MOVING TRUCK & RUNS WITH HOSE IN HAND TO FIRE HYDRANT AS TRUCK PROCEEDS TO FIRE. "U. S. PUMPS" BUILDING IN BKGD.
00:24:34 188.6	CU FIREMAN OPENS CAP ON HYDRANT AS COMPANION UNIT PUMPER PULLS UP TO HYDRANT.
00:24:39 193.6	FIREMAN ATTACHES HOSE FROM HYDRANT TO PUMPER AS ANOTHER FIREMAN ATTACHES MAIN HOSE TO PUMPER.
00:24:44 198.6	THREE FIREMEN ON BACK OF HOSE TRUCK START PULLING HOSE FROM TRUCK
00:24:49 203.6	FIREMAN SCREWS NOZZLE ONTO HOSE & CARRIES IT ON SHOULDER DRAGGING HOSE BEHIND HIM.
00:25:35 249.6	FIREMAN TURNS ON HYDRANT CAUSING HOSES TO PUMPER & OUT TO PRESSURIZE
00:25:40 254.6	FIREMEN POUR WATER INTO BURNING WAREHOUSE.
00:25:51 265.6	TRIPLE COMBINATION FIRE TRUCK CONTAINING BOTH HOSE, WATER TANK & PUMP SPEEDS DOWN SUBURBAN STREET. VEERS SHARPLY & STOPS AT HYDRANT.
00:25:56 270.6	FIREMAN JUMPS OFF TRUCK & ATTACHES SPECIAL VALVE TO HYDRANT AS TRUCK CONTINUES TO SITE OF FIRE.
00:26:01 275.6	TRUCK BACKS UP TO HYDRANT. FIREMEN ATTACH HOSES TO PUMP.
00:27:00 334.6	PAN HEAVY SMOKE RISES FROM FIRE OF SINGLE FAMILY SUBURBAN HOUSE. FIRE APPARATUS IN STREET IN FRGD
00:27:18 352.6	FIRE TRUCK WITH POWER HOSE CANNON PULLS UP TO MANUFACTURING PLANT.
00:27:23 357.6	FIREMEN PULL HOSE FROM TRUCK & ATTACH IT TO PUMPER AS IT ARRIVES.
00:27:28 362.6	FIREMAN ATTACH MANY MORE HOSES TO THIS TYPE OF PUMPER
00:27:53 387.6	FIERCE FLAMES RISE FROM PLANT AS FIREMEN POUR WATER INTO BUILDING.
00:28:05 399.6	HOOK AND LADDER TRUCK SPEEDS DOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT STREETS. TURNS AT CORNER.
00:28:31 425.6	ABOVE VIEW FIREMAN SEATED IN BUCKET SEAT THAT STEERS BACKEND OF HOOK & LADDER. REMOVES BUCKET & STARTS RAISING HUGE AERIAL LADDER AT FIRE SITE.
00:28:50 444.6	FIREMAN WORKS CONTROLS OF HYDRAULICALLY CONTROLLED AERIAL LADDER
00:28:55 449.6	POV LOOKING DOWN FROM LADDER TO STREET.
00:29:00 454.6	LOOKING UP LADDER AS IT RISES TO TOP OF BUILDING
00:29:03 457.6	FIREMEN RUNNING UP LADDER TO ROOF.
00:29:06 460.6	VARIOUS VIEWS SMOKE RISES ON ROOF FROM HOLES CHOPPED IN ROOF AS SEVERAL FIREMEN START VENTILATING OPERATIONS.
00:29:36 490.6	FOUR FIREMEN PULL OUT LIFE NET FROM HOOK AND LADDER TRUCK & CARRY IT
00:29:41 495.6	FIREMEN DON GAS MASKS AND OXYGEN TANKS IN FRONT OF FIRE TRUCK.
00:29:50 504.6	FIREMEN TAKE SEVERAL SIZE LADDERS OFF HOOK & LADDER TRUCK & RUN
00:29:55 509.6	ABOVE VIEW FOUR MEN PULL LONG FOOT LADDER FROM TRUCK.
00:30:00 514.6	SIX MEN PULL VERY LONG LADDER OFF TRUCK TOWARDS CAMERA.
00:30:20 534.6	FIREMEN GRAB AXES & LARGE FAN FROM RACK ON TRUCK
00:30:25 539.6	SPECIAL SALVAGE TRUCK SPEEDS DOWN STREET TO SITE. FIREMEN PULL OUT WATER PROOF BLANKETS & RUN INTO HOUSE.
00:30:30 544.6	FIREMEN COVER FURNITURE IN HOUSE TO PREVENT WATER DAMAGE.
00:30:35 549.6	POUR LARGE BAGS OF SAWDUST AROUND FURNITURE.
00:31:36 610.6	SALVAGE MEN REMOVE WATERPROOF BLANKETS OFF FURNITURE AFTER FIRE IS OUT.
00:31:41 615.6	CU FIREMEN SWEEP UP SAWDUST AROUND FURNITURE.
00:32:20 654.6	VARIOUS SCENES FIRE TRUCKS WITH SPECIAL CREWS TO SPEED UP MOUNTAIN ROAD TO FIGHT BRUSH FIRES.
00:32:25 659.6	BRUSH FIRE IN MOUNTAINS.
00:32:30 664.6	FIREMEN PULL HOSES FROM TRUCK TO FIGHT BRUSH FIRE.
00:33:07 701.6	FIRE PATROL RANGER IN SMALL RED PICK-UP TRUCK WITH CONTAINING EQUIPMENT STOPS ALONG ROAD TO PUT OUT SMALL BRUSH FIRE WITH HOSE.
00:33:12 706.6	CU RANGER GIVES SUMMONS TO WOMAN CAUSING FIRE.
00:33:43 737.6	FLATBED TRUCK CARRYING BULLDOZER ON MOUNTAIN DESERT ROAD.
00:33:48 742.6	DRIVER BACKS DOZER OFF TRUCK.
00:33:53 747.6	BULLDOZER CUTS WIDE SWATH THROUGH TALL BRUSH TO CREATE FIRE BREAK.
00:34:18 772.6	FIREMEN CREW RUNS ONTO FIRE BOAT IN LOS ANGELES HARBOR & PULL OUT OF DOCK.
00:34:23 777.6	FIREMEN ON BOARD PULL FIRE HOSE.
00:34:28 782.6	ABOVE VIEW FIRE BOAT PASSING UNDER BRIDGE & OUT TO HARBOR.
00:34:33 787.6	ABOVE VIEW SPEEDING ALONG
00:35:40 854.6	VARIOUS VIEWS FIREMEN ON BOAT FIRING SEA WATE WITH WATER CANNON AT HIGH VOLUME, LONG DISTANCE.
00:35:45 859.6	FIREMAN FIRING POWERFUL WATER CANNON INTO AIR.
00:36:17 891.6	WATER CANNON ATOP WATER TOWER ON TRUCK FIRES HIGH PRESSURE WATER INTO HIGH BUILDING.
00:36:22 896.6	FIREMAN MANNING CANNON ON TRUCK. VARIOUS VIEWS FIREMEN FIRING & CONTROLLING SPRAY ON WATER CANNONS.
00:36:45 919.6	POWERFUL SPOT LIGHTS ON TRIPODS STAND ALONGSIDE FIRE UTILITY TRUCK AS FIREMAN PLACES SMALL GENERATORS IN GROUND DURING NIGHT FIRE.
00:36:50 924.6	CU EXTENSION LIGHT LIGHTS UP WHEN FIREMAN STARTS GENERATOR WITH PULL CORD.
00:37:13 947.6	FIREMAN OPENS UP REAR DOORS OF UTILITY TRUCK & PULLS OUT LARGE COFFEE MAKER URNS TO SUPPLY FIREMEN WITH COFFEE DURING FIRES.
00:37:26 960.6	FIREMEN WITH HOSE CLOSE IN ON FIERCE OIL FIRE AS IT SPEWS THICK BLACK SMOKE AND FIERCE FLAMES.
00:37:31 965.6	ABOVE VIEW FIREMEN UNLOAD CANS OF FOAM FROM FIRE TRUCK TO FIGHT OIL FIRE.
00:37:36 970.6	FIVE GALLON CANS OF FOAM POWDER IS DUMPED INTO HOPPER WHICH MIXES WITH WATER IN HOSE CREATING FOAM TO SMOTHER FIRE.
00:38:19 1013.6	FIRE TRUCK SPEEDS ALONG RUNWAY PASSING VARIOUS PLANES AT AIRFIELD ON TARMAC.
00:38:25 1019.6	RED RESCUE VEHICLE FROM RESCUE COMPANY STRATEGICALLY LOCATED THROUGH CITY SPEEDS TO SITE IN DOWNTOWN AREA.
00:38:30 1024.6	FIREMEN EXIT CARRYING FIRST AID EQUIPMENT UP STOOP
00:38:35 1029.6	RESCUE FIREMAN APPLIES OXYGEN MASK TO FALLEN VICTIM.
00:39:09 1063.6	FIRE CHIEF AT HIS DESK ANSWERS PHONE.
00:39:14 1068.6	CU DEPUTY CHIEF AT HIS DESK MEETS WITH DIVISION COMMANDERS
00:40:08 1122.6	BATTALION CHIEF EXITS CAR AT SITE OF FIRE & DONS FIRE HELMET. TAKES OVER COMMAND AT SITE.
00:40:13 1127.6	FIREMEN PERFORMING THEIR VARIOUS ROLES: CAPTAIN, ENGINEERS, PUMP OPERATORS, AUTO FIREMEN DRIVERS, TILLER MEN, HOSE MEN, TRUCK MEN, SALVAGE MEN.
00:41:04 1178.6	YOUNG RECRUIT APPLYING FOR JOB AT CIVIL SERVICE OFFICE IS GIVEN APPLICATION, FINGERPRINTED
00:41:09 1183.6	TAKING WRITTEN EXAMINATION WITH OTHERS
00:41:20 1194.6	YOUNG FIREMAN RECRUIT GOING THROUGH OUTDOOR PHYSICAL AGILITY TEST
00:41:37 1211.6	DOCTOR GIVES BLOOD PRESSURE TEST ON SHIRTLESS RECRUIT. CHECKS HEART WITH STETHOSCOPE.
00:41:53 1228.6	RECRUIT PLACES VALVE IN HYDRANT
00:41:58 1233.6	GROUP OF RECRUITS HANDLING HOSE AS OTHERS WATCH
00:42:04 1238.6	RECRUITS HANDLING LADDERS.
00:42:19 1253.6	ABOVE VIEW RECRUIT JUMPS OFF BUILDING INTO NET BEING HELD BY OTHER RECRUITS BELOW.
00:42:28 1262.6	COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING FOR LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT
00:42:33 1267.6	FIREMAN CHECKS HUGE PANEL BOARD TO CHECK NUMBER ON BOX WHERE GLASS WAS BROKEN AND ALARM PULLED.
00:43:02 1296.6	FIREMEN SLIDING DOWN POLES IN FIRE HOUSE TO RESPOND TO ALARM.
00:43:07 1301.6	FIRE DISPATCHERS ON SWITCHBOARD RECEIVING ALARM BY PHONE. CHECKS WALL MAP & RELAYS MESSAGE..
00:44:36 1390.6	FIREMAN ON TRUCK CHECKS BU PHONE.
00:44:54 1408.6	DETECTIVES OF ARSON BUREAU CHECK REPORT RECEIVED BY PHONE.
00:44:59 1413.6	DETECTIVE ARRIVES AT SITE OF BURNED OUT BUILDING. ENTERS BUILDING TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF FIRE.
00:45:04 1418.6	ABOVE VIEW DETECTIVES & FIREMEN CHECKING INSIDE BURNED OUT BUILDING.
00:45:37 1451.6	DETECTIVE QUESTIONS SUSPECT AS ANOTHER SHOWS HIM BOTTLE.
00:45:42 1456.6	SUSPECT SNIFFS BOTTLE.
00:45:45 1459.6	DETECTIVE SNIFFS BOTTLE & SMELLS SUSPECT'S CLOTHING.
00:45:50 1464.6	SUSPECT IS ARRESTED FOR ARSON & TAKEN AWAY
00:46:04 1478.6	SUSPECT IS TAKEN TO JAIL & PLACED BEHIND BARS.
00:46:29 1503.6	FIRE SMOKE RAISES FROM RESIDENTIAL HOME.
00:46:34 1508.6	PEOPLE CARRY BELONGINGS AWAY AS THEIR HOMES BURN IN SLUM-LIKE AREA.
00:47:27 1561.6	VARIOUS SCENES FIRE INSPECTORS OF FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU INSPECTING LUMBER YARD, OIL STORAGE DEPOT & MANUFACTURING PLANTS WHERE FIRE HAZARDS ARE MOST SEVERE.
00:48:25 1619.6	VARIOUS BRIGHT NEON SIGNS LIGHT UP DOWNTOWN THEATER DISTRICT
00:48:37 1631.6	INSPECTOR SPEAKS TO NURSE OUTSIDE NURSING HOME.
00:48:57 1651.6	FIRE INSPECTOR CHECKS FIRE ESCAPE OUTSIDE WINDOW OF TENEMENT HOUSE. LOWERS IT TO GROUND BELOW AS ELDERLY WOMAN WATCHES.
00:49:02 1656.6	CU CHECKS STAND PIPES
00:49:18 1672.6	ABOVE VIEW INSPECTORS CHECKING HUGE PILES OF DEBRIS, THROWN AWAY FURNITURE IN BACK YARD OF TENEMENT HOUSE.
00:49:58 1712.6	CAPTAIN HANDS OUT FIRE PREVENTION CIRCULARS TO FIREMEN WHO GO HOUSE TO HOUSE TO SPREAD GOSPEL OF FIRE PREVENTION.
00:50:03 1717.6	FIREMAN WALKS UP TO PORCH OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME & RINGS DOORBELL.
00:50:08 1722.6	WOMAN WITH CHILD IN ARM ANSWERS DOOR. FIREMAN EXPLAINS CIRCULAR.
00:50:50 1765.6	CU HAND HOLDS UP NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS TELLING OF FIRE SAFETY CRACKDOWN.
00:50:55 1770.6	RADIO ANNOUNCERS WITH FIREMEN MAKING BROADCAST.
00:51:13 1787.6	CU HEAVY SMOKE & FIRE RISING FROM HOUSE ON FIRE.
00:51:18 1792.6	ABOVE VIEW STREET SCENE AT FIRE.
00:51:23 1797.6	MAN IN UNDERSHIRT WITH PANTS UNBUCKLED COMES DOWN LADDER OF HOME TO SAFETY
00:51:28 1802.6	FIREMEN CLIMB UP WITH HOSES TO DANGER.
00:51:36 1810.6	FIREMAN ARRIVES ON ROOF & WALKS RIGHT INTO HEAVY SMOKE BILLOWING FROM ATTIC.
00:51:41 1815.6	ABOVE VIEW FIREMEN ON SMOKE FILLED ROOF WITH HOSE AND AXES
00:51:45 1820.6	PAN RAGING FIRE ON ROOF
00:52:12 1846.6	FINGER DIALS 116 (LOS ANGELES EMERGENCY PRE-911) ON ROTARY DIAL TELEPHONE
00:52:17 1851.6	CU MAN WITH CIGAR IN MOUTH BREAKS GLASS & PULLS LEVER ON CORNER ALARM BOX.
00:52:34 1868.6	FIERCE FIRE ON ROOF LIGHTS UP NIGHT