Metropolitan Fire Brigade Turns-out
DVD Black & White Silent 1899 0:56
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Summary: The horse-drawn Metropolitan Fire Brigade are mobilized from Southwark Bridge Road.
Title number: 21130
LSA ID: LSA/27783
Description: A crowd of mainly men and boys watch from the pavement as a horse-drawn fire engine tears roun the corner. A second one follows, with steam billowing from its funnel. This engine is followed by a third engine. Some of the bystanders start to chase this third engine, but they are directed back to the pavement by the police. A fourth engine comes straight up the road and the police let the crowd chase it. Mos tof the crowd stops running as they reach the camera.
Keywords: Horses; Fire Brigade; Edwardian; Public demonstration
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