Croydon, Surrey. SV. Petrol on tank of water is set alight. LV. Petrol on tank as man starts to put it out with BCF gas extinguisher - new automatic fire extinguisher. LV. He puts the fire out. LV. Another fire in enclosed building. The extinguishers automatically turn on at certain temperature putting fire out. SV. Girl using hand BCF gas extinguisher. Puts fire out on water tank, & SV. 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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