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any kind of fire-extinguishers standing about in places where film is used, for I know that if people try to put out a film fire they will almost certainly fail, and in the attempt, may lose their only chance of saving their own lives.
This tragic fire was a staggering blow from which we only slowly began to recover. There was, of course, a tremendous amount of rather sickening work to be done; work which was not productive in any way but was merely directed towards the salvage and repair of anything which could possibly be saved. The outer walls remained standing and part of the roof, but most of the flooring was destroyed. All the perforators and their motors had gone completely and there was very little left of the developing machines. It was a miserable time and the only bright thing about it was the cheerful willingness with which everybody set about the doing of everything that was possible.
Meanwhile, plans for the future had to be gone into and considered. Before the fire we had already begun to feel rather cramped not only in studio space but in the matter of such subsidiary things as extra dressing-rooms and a 'green-room' for the artists, extra drying-rooms for the films and a whole lot of other things which we had wanted but had had to do without. I began trying to scheme out how we could turn as much as possible of our ill-fortune into good and decided to build a bigger and better studio. So while the old one was being rebuilt so far as was necessary to put it into thorough repair, and all hands were turning to replacing and reinstating the damaged and burnt-out machinery, I was making plans for the extension of the whole plant.
The new studio was to be just like the old one only larger and was to be placed parallel with it but at a sufficient distance away to leave a kind of square or courtyard between them. The square was to be completed by connecting the two front ends with darkrooms and drying rooms and the two rear ends with a mechanics' shop below and a scene-dock above.
As soon as the old dark-rooms were ready again we started in to complete such of our orders as had not been cancelled and also to prepare as far as possible for future business. We had a large export trade at that time including a standing order from America for either thirty or forty copies — at our discretion — of every subject that we produced. This meant not only a great deal of printing but also a very large amount of work after the actual printing was finished. For all the films by this time had
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