Brandvæsenet rykker ud
About Brandvæsenet rykker ud
Fire engines roll out through the gate of Copenhagen's main fire station. The next shots show firemen working a large blaze.
Cast & crew
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Court photographer Peter Elfelt filmed and photographed the short. The Danish Film Institute lists a cinema premiere on 26 December 1897, a length of 10 metres of 35mm, and the international title The Fire Brigade in Action. Other titles are Brandudrykning and Elfelt no. 008. The institute's synopsis says the engines look like models from about 1902 and that the year of the surviving shots is uncertain.
Themes
Making
Elfelt, already the court photographer, turned the same camera on a departure from the main station and then on a fire.
Look
Peter Elfelt photographed the gate of the main station as the engines leave, then the firemen at the blaze.
Music
Silent.
Preservation
The Danish Film Institute holds the title. A 47-second file is on Wikimedia Commons. The institute notes that the year of the surviving pictures is uncertain.
Notes
- The Danish title means the fire brigade turns out.
- It is one of the first films shot in Denmark.
- The DFI file is 10 metres, 1.33:1, black and white, silent.
- A Wikimedia copy runs 47 seconds.
- Elfelt's catalogue number on the film is 008.
Scenes
- Several fire engines pass out through the station gate.
- Firemen work a large fire in the following shot.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Brandvæsenet rykker ud (1897).webm)
