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Post by fdbuster on Jul 9, 2008 11:31:22 GMT -5
Videos taken from the State Site Thanks to JoJo Simone Hempstead "Yellow Hornets"
PART 1
PART 2
PART 3
PART 4
PART 5
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Post by driver7789 on Jul 9, 2008 12:07:07 GMT -5
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: the wheel on the hydrant is the answer to eliminate the need to test the water!
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Post by smagin03 on Jul 9, 2008 15:23:09 GMT -5
Even with the wheel we would eventually start water test again. Teams would start having a turn on man in B-hose, good times would come out of it, people would question it and we would have to test hose.
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Post by fdnsphoto on Jul 9, 2008 17:35:50 GMT -5
THOSE MOVIES WERE GREAT, I'M SURE IF ANYONE IN THOSE CROWDS WERE BROUGHT THERE BY THEIR PARENTS, THOSE MEMORIES OF A BETTER TIME WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERD AS A SPECIAL TIME. THAT'S, TRADITION, PRIDE AND COMMUNITY. THAT'S AMERICA!
STEVE/NBFCO/FDNSphoto.com
P.S. I THINK OFFICIALS SHOULD STILL WEAR TIES!
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Post by DOPEYDEALER on Jul 9, 2008 19:55:42 GMT -5
wow how great would efficiency be in todays tournament the way they used to run it? ?I think it would be VERY DANGEROUS...
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Post by limphose on Jul 9, 2008 20:15:19 GMT -5
Nice! Look at #3. I know they took whatever was available in the barn in those days, but to take a City Service / Quint hybrid and run it in a touney? That takes some titanium alloy set of balls. Complete with the ladders and floods on it too.
I guess it's true, you can always tell a truckie, but you can't tell him much..
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Post by cfdoldbird on Jul 9, 2008 21:08:58 GMT -5
I love it. No track committee with brooms and rollers. Deep puddles all over the track. I wonder what the belly dancer in #4 looks like today.
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Post by fdnsphoto on Jul 9, 2008 21:55:35 GMT -5
SHE LOOKS LIKE LEON NOW
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Post by giants hat on Jul 10, 2008 8:07:52 GMT -5
Amazing. It is incredible how little has changed in 50 years about how these events are run. With the exception of Eff and the wheel on the hydrant, it was 4 guys getting off in ladders and hose (plus the wheel man), pump looks pretty much unchanged.
Looks like the service ladder wasn't quite as wide as we are used too, tough to climb side by side.
I imagine that that is the '51 State at Coney Island in the 4th video. I don't know of any other roller coasters at the end of tracks.
How many hydrant men got smacked in the face by the wheel man?
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Post by driver7789 on Jul 10, 2008 12:09:07 GMT -5
motor pump was a little bit different then because you had to connect the suction hose to the truck after you crossed the timing line
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Post by bucketz1994 on Jul 10, 2008 23:11:34 GMT -5
these movies are great thanks for sharing them. it compares to watching old baseball and football movies celebrating a wonderful history for great sport.
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Post by ranger2212 on Jul 11, 2008 19:32:32 GMT -5
looks like in the 5th movie looks just like rockville center. any takers?
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Post by LUNCHBOX on Jul 23, 2008 10:57:04 GMT -5
Good call Donald. The beginning of the 5th video is indeed Rockville Centre.
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Post by turtleracing on Jul 23, 2008 13:20:25 GMT -5
why are the guys jumping on the hose about 35 seconds into video 4
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Post by fdbuster on Jul 23, 2008 13:59:53 GMT -5
A little help to add to the water pressure to trip the target!
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