ARP Rescue Party

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Summary

Incomplete copy of a training film for ARP (Air Raid Precaution) wardens showing removal of casualties from a house. Filmed in London.

Year:

1940

Duration:

0:15:47

Film type:

Black & White / Silent

Genre:

Training Film

Master format:

Betacam SP

Description

The opening section is missing. We see three uniformed ARP wardens in a bombed out house lifting an unconscious casualty (referred to in the intertitle as the 'third' casualty), onto a stretcher, and preparing to lower them down a ladder. Another casualty (referred to as the 'fourth' casualty) is taken out of the building using a jib assembly. Later we see the wardens leading walking wounded from a cellar before finally leaving the scene by lorry (marked Chelsea Group).


Credits

No credits specified


Notes

This film is a general ARP training film and has no local significance. A street sign indicates that the building being used for the exercise is on Trafalgar Square.