“All Our Firemen Are Smart ... Here’s The Smartest“ (1930)

Full title reads: “London. ’All our Firemen are smart ... here’s the Smartest’. Redcross Street Station team ’get to work’ ... run out 3 branches, knock down target, restow all gear - and everything else you see in the picture, in 1 min. 20 secs. to win . Challenge Cup!“ London. Firemen in practice yard leap from their fire engine. They run out hoses and attach them to water hydrants. Three firemen fire water at targets until they are knocked over. They then stow the hoses back onto the fire appliance. . They receive a warm round of applause. A man from the LCC (London County Council) makes a speech and presents the LCC Challenge cup to a fire officer from Red Cross Street station. The Council representative shakes hands with the winning team. Three cheers are given by the firefighters. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.