Stillman's Firefighting Demonstrations (2-DVD set)

Fire fighters are the true heroes of America. Every day they put their lives on the line to make our communities as safe as possible. Who among us can imagine the bravery it must take to rush into a burning building, battling against the most destructive force nature has to offer?

Yet most of us don't know what goes on behind the scenes in the life of a fireman. How are they trained? How do they keep us safe when they are not fighting fires? It's not all about rescuing cats from the tops of trees!

In order to celebrate the bravery and commitment of America's fire fighters, we have collected some of the best vintage clips of fire fighters demonstration films ever assembled on one powerful, educational 2-DVD set!

These films were all shot more than 50 years ago and were used by actual fire companies to train their men and show the public the importance of fire fighters in protecting the lives of Americans!

If you have ever wanted to know more about fire fighters then you need to own Stillman's Firefighting Demonstrations 2-DVD set today!

"Class act. What more can I say? I bought this disk and it is smoking! It’s hot hot hot! The Standard Oil fire! It’s incredible."
Victor Johnson, Philadelphia, PA

Stillman Fires Collection: Artificial Respiration
This silent film from the 20s is about how to do the old out-with-the-bad-air, in-comes-the-good-air method of artificial respiration. The film repeatedly emphasizes that after a victim is resuscitated he should not be allowed to get up--this is portrayed on screen by showing rescuers literally wrestling victims to the ground. They also move victims' spines around a lot when preparing them for artificial respiration. This is a quaint view of resuscitation techniques from another era.

Producer: Louks & Norling
Sponsor: Stillman
Year: N/A
Length: 00:10:43
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Stillman Fires Collection: Typical Fire
In this clip a demonstration of a stand pipe is shown here. First, the film poo-poos conventional fire fighting methods, which are just blowing water from the outside, and especially from the angle presented, it doesn't even reach the fire! However, with this new stand pipe, water can go in as straight as possible. You will see how fire fighting methods were developed!

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: Stillman
Year: N/A
Length: 00:12:21
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Stillman Fires Collection: Fire Dept Demonstrations
This film contains great demonstrations of fire fighting techniques including straight pipes and cellar pipes, with or without curves. Then we get a demo of the cellar pipes on an actual fire!

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: Stillman
Year: N/A
Length: 00:10:34
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Stillman Fires Collection: Fires Miscellaneous
A variety of fire clips, including what REALLY is in a fire marshal's car, a demonstration of firemen on ladders and boats, and then the real fun kicks in, and we get to see fire after fire! What's so great, of course, is that this is 1930 we're talking about here, and so there are not a lot of sprinklers that have been installed. So when something burns, it BURNS! Schools! Rubber factories! It's all here!

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: Stillman
Year: N/A
Length: 00:12:59
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

"I bought this disk for my firehouse. By looking at these Stillman films we were able to get a good sense of where we stand in history. As fire fighters we are very proud of the people who served before us and this added to our knowledge. It’s great!"
Stephen Williams, Denver, CO (stephenws@aol.com)

General Packaging Description:
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System requirements:
Computer: Pentium II, 300mhz, 64mb RAM, DVD-ROM, compatible video and sound card.
Player: NTSC compatible DVD player, standard TV.
Region: All players, irrespective of region

NOTE ON COMPATIBILITY: While our DVDs are designed for optimal playback for all home DVD players, it is possible that some older systems will have trouble playing our DVDs. Although rare, it is worth mentioning. If this occurs you will receive a full refund.

Given that some of these videos are extremely old and their original audio quality is not very good, we have tried to improve it to the best possible quality. However, due to their inherent quality problems, you might still have a few instances where the audio is of a slightly lower volume