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WWII - 1945, Training Film: Damage Control - Fire Fighting Aboard Ship R2 of 3

Reel Number: 221498-10

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1945

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 13:24:28

TC Ends: 13:35:00

Duration: 00:10:32

WWII - 1945, Training Film: Damage Control - Fire Fighting Aboard Ship R2 of 3 Men down hatch to bunks, smoke out of ventilation system; bulkheads & floors checked for heat. CU sailor on radiotelephone; officers checking charts. Illustration of isolating compartments. Hosing areas around fire & using fog to keep paint from peeling & catching fire. 13:27:11 Secondary boundary shown. Men moving mattresses, assembling firefighting gear. Sailor turning off electric circuits. Open hatch & enter w/ fire hose. 13:28:24 Aerial of men fighting fire of crashed plane on deck. Other fire parties at work on deck. Two men into fire area w/ nozzle. Using fog on fire. 13:30:26 Burning oil fought w/ fog. Men w/ lines in case of rescue need. Diagram of problem w/ attacking fire from two sides & advantage of fighting from one side only. Fighting fire on shipboard shown, cooling down area. 13:33:06 LS of firefighting fire on freighter (?) deck. Entering vessel to fight fire at source. WW2 Navy Training Films; Shipboard Fires; Firemen; Flames; NOTE: Good flames throughout reel.

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