Item title reads - Firemen fete young fan.
Stratford, London.
Travelling shot from inside fire engine along roadway. C/U of 14 year old Edmund Harris wearing fire helmet inside cab. Travelling shot as the engine arrives at the fire station and slows down. C/U Edmund getting down from the cab of fire engine. M/S of fire engine circling round tower at fire station.
C/U Edmund with fire officers watching display. M/S group of firemen with hoses, pan up jets of water. C/U of Edmund with firemen. Fireman shows boy how to hold a hosepipe. M/S of firemen putting out fire in trays, one fireman catches his boot alight. C/U of fireman putting out fire in trays. M/S of Edmund with fire officer on top of a fire appliance. C/U Edmund. M/S of fire appliances with turntable ladders extending into the air. C/U of a fire officer operating the ladders. M/S of ladders extending into the air. M/S of display. M/S Edmund on balcony watching.
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