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1928 FRANCE : QUIRKY ; Firemen give Notre Dame cathedral a Springtime clean
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0:39Now PlayingDate: 16th April 1928
Location: FRANCE, PARIS, NOTRE-DAME.
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION - CAPTION - HIGH -DRAULIC- PARIS FIREMEN TEST THEIR ULTRA-MODERN FIRE APPLIANCES ON THE DOOR STEP OF NOTRE -DAME
FRANCE, PARIS, NOTRE-DAME.
GV PAN (from fire-engine) four firemen in fire engine along Paris street: other engine in front. (2 shots)
MLV along walle of Notre Dame, firemen standing at back of machine and unrolling long fire hose as fire engine goes along
GV & LV Notre Dame being sprayed with several firehoses,(sev. shots)
MV firemen standing holding firehoses, group of onlookers in BG.
CU firehoses, fireman looking at it then looking up
LV tower of Notre Dame being sprayed with water.
ELEVATED GV (from Notre Dame tower) crowd massed around firemen and jets of water reaching up.
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