“MAN AGAINST FIRE” 1969 FOREST SERVICE FIREFIGHTERS, SMOKEJUMPERS & ARSON INVESTIGATORS XD72765

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This 1969 film "Man Against Fire" was made by the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service tells "the story of man's fight to save forest resources from destruction by wildfire." The film begins with a look at smokejumpers, who parachute out of airplanes in remote areas to put out fires early on. After this, it shows the Forest Service and law enforcement cooperating to catch an arsonist. The film ends by showing Forest Service firefighters working against an out-of-control fire, which takes them several days to bring under control.

0:09 Smokejumpers parachuting onto a wildfire, 0:26 wildfires in different locations as seen from the air, 1:11 US Department of Agriculture Forest Service presents, 1:18 “Man Against Fire”, 1:30 an aircraft flying over a forest, 1:40 man presses an alarm and firefighters spring into action, 2:00 two Smokejumpers preparing to board a plane, 2:17 Beech Craft Model 18, or "Twin Beech", plane takes off, 2:33 Smokejumpers training, 2:58 Smokejumpers parachuting into danger, 4.01 Smokejumpers trying to put out a fire using dirt, 5:10 Smokejumpers are picked up by a Bell 47 helicopter, 5:53 Forest Service fire research scientists doing experiments in a fire laboratory to study fuel and flammability, including use of fire fighting chemicals 6:57 a large fire on a field being experimented on by researchers, 7:33 researchers using electronics to predict lightning. A device (probably an infrared type camera) is shown in use 7:57 Cessna airplane flying over a forest to look for signs of smoke, 8:40 a fire unit heading out, 8:57 a child and his father hunting, 9:09 they notice a man setting a fire who then leaves in a Chevy pick-up truck, 9:24 second fire as seen from the air, 9:52 fire units rushing to the site, 10:14 father and child reporting the arsonist’s license plate to the forest service, 11:05 airplane identifying the arsonist’s car from above, 11:18 law enforcement goes after the arsonist, 12:00 pilot returns to the three fires set by the arsonist, 12:18 the first team attempting to combat the fire using heavy machinery, 13:11 the large fire as seen from the air, 14:00 the arsonist attempting to escape but being intercepted by law enforcement, searched, and arrested, 15:19 an out of control wildfire being fought by Forest Service firefighters, 15:54 fire crews from all over the country boarding planes with equipment to help with the fire, 16:30 the fire seen from the air in a helicopter, 16:57 the fire team being briefed by their commander, 17:20 commanders looking over weather and situation maps, 18:10 technicians preparing equipment and setting up the camp, 19:02 the fire at night, 19:17 a fire team preparing in a tent at night, 19:50 a fire crew eating food in the morning and being briefed, 20:24 crews picking up their equipment, 21:10 crews boarding their transportation and moving out in trucks, 21:52 a crew using an airborne fire detection system to measure a fire through heavy smoke, 22:24 crews arriving at the scene with their equipment, 22:33 crews hacking out a fire line, 22:54 a Sikorsky H-19 "Chickasaw" helicopter landing at the site, 23:02 crews continue digging fire line, 23:24 water equipment being brought to the site, 23:35 aircraft being loaded with fire retardant and dropping it over the fire site, 24:03 the commander / fire boss looking over a map of the fire, while smoking a cigar 24:29 the fire being observed from a helicopter, 24:55 water crews preparing hoses and crews fighting fire with it, 25:54 heavy equipment preparing a fire line, 26:08 a helicopter picking up water 26:24 a house being engulfed by the flames, 26:41 an airplane dropping fire retardant, 27:04 scenes from the forest after the fire was strangled, 27:19 fire crews demobilizing after the fire was put under control, 28:02 produced by Motion Picture Service, USA

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