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Clip description
A horsedrawn fire brigade unit drives along King William Street in Adelaide, watched by people from the sides of the street. The camera follows events from a fixed position at one side of the road. The vehicle with the extendable ladder pulls up in the street and firefighters unharness the horse from the ladder. The camera pans across the people on the street then back to capture the firefighters hand cranking the ladder tens of metres into the air. The camera follows the ladder’s extension with a slow tilt shot.
Curator’s notes
This clips shows the early use of pans and tilts to follow the action. The camera operator pans from the ladder to the people on the street to contextualise the action and present the broader scene that exists on the edges of the frame. As the ladder rises into the sky, the camera again follows its path.
