| California Inferno: Forest Fires Kill Fourteen | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1754 |
| Catalog #: | 426096 | |
| Clip Number: | 426096-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 039-089-02 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | California | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Fires DISASTERS: Victims FIREFIGHTING: Equipment FIREFIGHTING: Work LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California | |
| Description: | NO AUDIO Fourteen are killed in raging brush and forest fires which sweep across a 100 mile area in Southern California. Ten veteran U.S. Forest Service firefighters and four Marines at Camp Pendleton perish in the battle against the fires Establishing shot - Burning brush in the hills of Southern California. MS - Firemen fighting the blaze. A hill side that's totally on fire. MS - Firemen pulling more fire hose from their fire engine. MS - A couple of firemen fighting the blaze with fire hoses. MS - Nurses and ambulances standing at the ready. MS - Ambulance attendants and nurses putting patients in the vehicles to transport them to hospitals. MS - Posted sign, "Closed to Entry" and the hills of California burning in the background. Shot taken from roof - You see the smoke rising from the mountain regions. . | |
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