Series 1: 16mm Film

Footage includes a fire truck demonstration at the intersection of Grant St and Liberty Ave (0:21 - 3:53); a fire drill outside a school building (3:54 - 6:09); the scene of a residential fire (6:10 - 7:27); and the scene of a fire at Duquesne Brewing Company at 22nd St and Harcum Way on Oct. 24, 1972 (7:28 - 14:29), which includes footage of a news reporter interviewing Fire Chief Thomas Kennelly (12:06 - 12:27). No sound.

Footage of Fire Bureau personnel responding to a fire at an abandoned warehouse on Liberty Avenue in the Strip District in the early hours of November 6, 1965. The warehouse, which had formerly been owned by the Railway Express Agency, stretched multiple blocks, from 22nd Street to 27th Street. No sound.

Footage opens with a close-up of a sign at the U.S. Steel Tower construction site that reads: “Safety’s No Trick! It’s ‘Know-How’” (00:00 - 00:38). A person in a winter coat and high heels walks across a street near the construction site (00:39 - 00:43). Construction site footage taken at street level (00:43 - 01:16). Construction site footage taken from a further distance in the Lower Hill District (01:16 - 01:37). Fire Bureau personnel at the entrance to the construction site on Seventh Ave near Grant Street (01:37 - 02:56). Fire Bureau vehicles featured in the film include a battalion chief car and an Engine Co. 33 fire engine. No sound.