Through a lecture, to a group of firemen, and footage shot during an actual fire in California, the film explains what must be done by various people to contain fires of different sizes.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
321947
Language
English
Subject categories
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Fire control
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Fire fighters
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Fire control
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Fire fighters
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Fire prevention - Study and teaching
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Safety education
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Fire control
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Fire fighters
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)