Forest Fire...Naturally!

Creator: National Park Service.

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Great shots of forest fires and forest servicemen or national park servicemen surveying forest in Sugarloaf Valley, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. Good shots of Sequoias, Pines and other coniferous trees as well as burned Manzanita shrubs and other shrubs and bushes. Around 1976.; 08:01:03:13 Pan of smoke-filled forest from fire in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. Smoke looks like majestic mist.; 08:03:06:29 Aerial shot forest fire in mountainous region. Lots of smoke.; 08:03:38:25 Helicopter flying at low altitude through smoky forest in mountains.; 08:04:07:08 Two men, park rangers or USDA forest servicemen in orange helmets and brown shirts hiking through smoky forest.; 08:04:42:22 Forest Serviceman in orange helmet reading compass while handling other instrument, man is in thick green smoky forest visibly burning behind him.; 08:05:55:15 MS burning forest.; 08:06:13:27 Two forest servicemen in orange helmets looking toward camera at patch of burning grass and shrubs in forest.; 08:06:47:02 Two men of Forest Service in orange helmets survey land after forest fire. One man on one knee poking hand around in soil while stands and writes notes on clipboard.; 08:09:11:10 Forest Service man looking like a pyromaniac, watches log burn. Very smoky.; 08:09:27:02 Nice shot of two small trees burning in green segment of forest. Very smoky in background.; 08:10:39:09 Three men of Forest Service in orange helmets joined around small burned tree.; 08:10:51:20 Forest Serviceman shakes then caresses branch of small pine tree.; 08:11:12:07 Forest Serviceman kneels before patch of burned Manzanita shrubs, runs soil through fingers.; 08:11:53:01 Two hands, one with silver watch on wrist, dusting roots to show root crowns of a newly sprouted Manzanita shrub.; 08:12:22:08 Picturesque shot of babbling stream pan up to burnt patch of forest, pan left to lush green forest.; 08:14:20:04 Forest fire. Smoky.; 08:16:52:24 Burning bush in forest.; 08:24:01:14 Three men in orange helmets in forest. One hammers stake with back of ax into ground. Other marking area of forest with string.; 08:27:03:15 CU large snake (rattle?) moves in front of camera across barren sandy land, pan up from snake to smoky forest fire raging in background.; 08:29:32:29 CU hand inserting ruler into charred soil.; 08:31:25:02 CU hand with blue pencil poking around newly sprouted shrub.; 08:34:55:05 Nice isolated shot of small tree (Sequoia?) burning amidst smoky forest fire backdrop.