Title:FIRE FIGHTING DRILLS ON THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BTF 28
Other titles:RAILWAYS IN BRITAIN, 1935-1976 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: A mixture of operational work on the Southern Railway, including; female workers printing train tickets, office staff at the Southern Railway Headquarters and fire drills.
Description: (5 May 1942) A female Southern Railway staff member printing train tickets at Dorking North Station. MH189
(5 May 1942) Female workers printing train tickets in a small factory setting. Cuts to inside the General Offices of the Southern Railway Headquarters in Deepdene, Kent. Piles of paperwork are strewn out on desks. (30 sec) MH190
(5 May 1942) Staff arriving at the Southern Railway Headquarters by bus. They quickly file in through the entrance in an orderly fashion. Similar scenes are repeated from various distances and angles, some provide good views of the main building. (2 min 20 sec) MH191
(20 May 1940) The demolition of the Southern Railway General Manager's office at Waterloo Station, London. Workmen use heavy duty tools to break up the rubble before piling the used bricks into a truck. (4 min 30 sec) MH192
(4 June 1942) Fire fighting apparatus at “Stewarts Lane” and “Nine Elms”. Fireman (Southern Railway unit?) practice attaching a hose to the pump of a fire fighting locomotive. Once the pump is operational, one of the fireman directs the hose towards a water tower beside the tracks. The fire fighting drills continue as four fireman are pushing a mobile water pump on two wheels. Once in a stationary position, they use a hose to extract water from a reservoir. Two hoses are then directed towards some disused sheds, railway arches are in the backdrop. Finally, a mixture of the fireman, the fire fighting locomotive and the mobile water pump in use. (5 min 30 sec) MH193-194
Alternative Title:RAILWAYS IN BRITAIN, 1935-1976 [Allocated Series Title]
