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Forest Fire...Naturally! (1976)

1976 · Ephemeral film · 18 min

Synopsis

Forest fires, and Forest Service or National Park Service staff surveying forest in Sugarloaf Valley in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, in California's Sierra Nevada. Includes sequoias, pines and other conifers, and burned manzanita and other shrubs.

Synopsis, reviewed

Details

Running time
18 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives
Internet Archive item
0894_Forest_Fire_Naturally_08_01_02_00

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★ · Burn baby burn! · Spuzz · 2014-05-29

AB film here, soundtrack on this. This was interesting actually, because this film talks about how the park service let some of the "natural" fires set off, mostly by lightning, burn. The proof is quite obvious in this film. Apparently they still do this. You learn something new every day!