Girls Fire Brigade St. Margaret's College (1936)

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St. Margaret's College, Bushey, Hertfordshire.



Several shots of St. Margaret's College in Bushey. Girls walk out of the school building and line up in front of it - they are the school's Fire Brigade. Teacher blows a whistle to start the fire drill. Succession of shots showing the girls getting hoses in operation. Several shots of the girls attaching the ladder to a school building and climbing up to save friends. Succession of shots showing girls sliding down from the third floor window in a canvas 'tunnel' held by several girls on the bottom end. Girls, helped by the nurse, get into the tunnel and slide down and out helped by their friends.
FILM ID:1218.28

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