Dummies, 1978

Creator: Department of Agriculture. Forest Service. (07/01/1905 - ) (Most Recent)

Series : Forest Service Public Information Films and Public Service Announcements, compiled 1945 - 1995

Record Group 95: Records of the Forest Service, 1870 - 2008

Production Date: 1978

Scope & Content: This film begins with a close-up on a ventriloquist's dummy telling viewers that, "People do dumb things in the forest", such as tossing lit cigarettes out of their cars, starting trash fires and leaving them unattended, and leaving campfires before making sure that they are extinguished. As the dummy states these things, examples of people doing them appear. The dummy then says, "People who do things like that in the forest are really dummies. Isn't that right Smokey?" Medium shot reveals that a costumed Smokey Bear has been controlling the dummy. Smokey responds, "You took the words right out of my mouth." J. Franklin Jones is the voice of the dummy, Jerry Mahoney.

Use Restriction: Some or all of this material may be restricted by copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. The use and reproduction of the Smokey Bear symbol is restricted by Public Law 82-359, as amended by P.L. 93-318, Title 18 U.S.C. 711, and 36 CFR 271.

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National Archives Identifier: 13307
Local Identifier: 95.11

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