Title:THE ARMY FIRE SERVICE IN ACTION IN CAEN (PART 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 100-1
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Summary: 104th Fire Fighting Company operates in Caen with the cooperation of civilian fire-watchers.
Description: A fire breaks out in an orchard on the outskirts of Caen. The cameraman surveys the twin spires of the church of St. Etienne (Abbaye aux Hommes) where fire-watchers are stationed. The telephonist at the headquarters of the company's 60th Fire Brigade is notified of the location of the blaze which the RSM pin-points on a map showing Caen and its suburbs. On observing the fire, an elderly civilian firewatcher high up in one of the spires in the Abbaye aux Hommes uses a telephone to inform the Army Fire Service, whose firemen are seen tackling a blaze in a garage with water hoses. Afterwards, the army firemen return to their Bedford QL fire tender to smoke cigarettes.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Collins (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Fire watchers, France (regiment/service)
British Army, Army Fire Service, Fire Fighting Coy 104 (regiment/service)
Keywords: buildings, French - religious: Saint Etienne Abbaye aux Hommes, Caen (object name)
destruction, French: fire (object name)
equipment, British military - damage control: water hose (object name)
operations, British military - precautionary: Fire fighting in Normandy (object name)
society, British military - sustenance: cigarettes (object name)
transport, British military - truck, special: Bedford QL fire tender (object name)
Abbaye aux Hommes, Caen, Calvados, France (geography)
