Richdale, Lancashire. SV. Material coming off machine onto roller. CU. Material being wound onto roller. SV. Aluminium covered material bonded with the asbestos coming from machine. GV. Women making the suits. CU. Partly made suit. Pan up to show woman sewing. CU. Woman working at sewing machine. GV. Men from the Cheshire County Fire Brigade putting on asbestos suits, & CU. CU. Man putting on asbestos gloves. SV. Fireman, now dressed in the suit. CU. Fire Chief pouring petrol over car, & SV. SV. Firemen in asbestos suits walk towards car. SV. Fire Chief throws lighted match towards the car with petrol on. SV. As the car bursts into flames and firemen run towards it and drag out dummy. The car is enveloped in flames. SCU. Two of the firemen putting out the fire, & CU. Pan to burning car. CU. Firemen. GV. Firemen putting out fire. 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.
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