| News in Brief: New Mexico, Raging Forest Fire. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1560 |
| Catalog #: | 351347 | |
| Clip Number: | 351347-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 024-470-08 | |
| Timecode: | 00:34:27 - 00:35:21 | |
| Location: | New Mexico, Gila National Forest | |
| Year Shot: | 1951 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Fires DISASTERS: Fires, Forest or Brush FIREFIGHTING: Work LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New Mexico MILITARY: Army | |
| Description: | Dramatic scenes from the fire front in Gila National Forest, where forest rangers and soldiers form Fort Cliff, Texas battle stubborn woodland blaze. Planes drop supplies to firefighters. Fire blamed on carelessness. 30,000 acres seared by the fire. Kind of bizarre shots of troops racing into flaming forest, soldier leaping over burning log. Looks like very dangerous work. Establishing shot - The Gila National Forest is turned into a blazing inferno. MS - Trunk of a tree totally engulfed in flames. Low Angle Shot - A fire fighting plane fly’s over the forest fire dropping supplies down to the men battling the fire. MS - Military troops from Fort Brisk Texas running through the forest carrying tools to fight the forest fire. MS - A soldier running through the burning forest jumps over a downed burning tree trunk. MS - Soldiers using large branches from trees and shovels digging a fire line. | |
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