OIL BOOM TEST, ca 1940 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OIL BOOM TEST, ca 1940 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: LFB 101
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  • Summary: Demonstration or trial of an oil boom on a river designed to hold back burning oil.
  • Description: The film shows fraught attempts made by firemen to set fire to the oil using burning torches, and firemen being pulled out of deep mud on the shore.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: LFB 101
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1940
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: London Fire Brigade Film Unit (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 200 ft (ca)
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    LFB 101

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