CIVIL DEFENCE TRAILER NO 4: THE ALARM [Main Title]

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  • Title: CIVIL DEFENCE TRAILER NO 4: THE ALARM [Main Title]
  • Film Number: COI 851
  • Other titles: THE ALARM [Alternative Title] CIVIL DEFENCE [Series Title]
  • Summary: Civil Defence trailer urging people to join the Auxiliary Fire Service.
  • Description: Film opens with a fire engine, suggesting speed, and Second World War fire-fighting scenes. The important role that the Auxiliary Fire Service will have to play if there is another war is discussed. The latest equipment is shown, and the film concludes with general shots of the duties that are involved.
  • Alternative Title: THE ALARM [Alternative Title] CIVIL DEFENCE [Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: COI 851
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (COI 851)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1960
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Auxiliary Fire Service (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: propaganda, British - practical: recruitment, Auxiliary Fire Service (object name) society, British - precautionary (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 204 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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    COI 851

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