Synopsis
A careless fisherman drops a cigarette and starts a forest fire. Then it's to the rescue of a bedridden woman alone in a forest cabin, and the Chevrolet carries the firefighters through to save a life and a forest.
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Details
- Running time
- 9 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0762_Just_a_Spark_M00268_04_09_00_00
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Burn baby burn! · Spuzz · 2018-02-28
Rather interesting cliffhanger sort of Jam Handy short to show how a careless cigarette can ignite what appears to be the FASTEST spreading fire in history. After a fisherman casually throws his butt away, a fire grows. We are shown how the communications are done to get people down there right away and put out the fire (very primitively). Meanwhile, a man who lives in the forest (so he must have a french canadian accent) races to rescue his bed ridden wife. Will he get there in time? Will the people trying to put out the fire get there in time in their (of course) Chevrolet vehicles? Will we…