Fires & Firefighting Film Library DVD

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This DVD contains a variety of historic Fire and Firefighting/Fire Prevention films. One film even has an early version of Smokey the Bear.

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This DVD contains a variety of historic Fire and Firefighting/Fire Prevention films. Included are folks showing the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, how ADT works with the fire department to help protect yourself from fire accidents, what a fire department does to protect the citizens of the community and many others. One film even has an early version of Smokey the Bear.

Here are all the films that make up this historical collection:

Goodman Lumber Fire

Newsreel featuring the distruction of the Goodman Lumber Yard in San Francisco.

Producer: Warner Pathe News
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 5:43

 

San Francisco After the Fire, 1906 (1906)

Shows the damage of the San Francisco earthquake and the fires that it started which caused even more damage.

Producer: Unknown
Audio/Visual: Silent, Black & White
Run time: 23:25

 

ADT: When Every Minute Counts (1958)

Shows how ADT alarm systems can keep you secure - along with a detailed examination of how an alarm system does its job.

Producer: Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions
Audio/Visual: Sound, Color
Run time: 20:51

 

The Story of a Forest Ranger (1954)

This film shows what a forest ranger does. It covers forest management, fire suppression, maintenance of all the equipment and contains an really good scene of rangers fighting a fire.

Producer: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Audio/Visual: Sound, Color
Run time: 27:38

 

Vision in the Forest (1957)

Country singer Vaughn Monroe camps with his family. While camping, one of his daughters meets a talking Smokey Bear who teaches her the dangers of forest fires.

Producer: Unknown
Audio/Visual: Sound, Color
Run time: 5:11

 

Your Fire Department (1949)

Shows the Los Angeles Fire Department, its equipment, personnel and activities. Includes footage of fires, fire safety activities, the daily life of a fireman and much more.

Producer: Los Angeles Fire Department
Audio/Visual: Sound, Color
Run time: 31:35

 

Berkeley, California Fire (1923)

Film showing the Berkeley, CA fire 1923.

Producer: Unknown
Audio/Visual: Silent, Black & White
Run time: 5:40

 

Fire! Patty Learns What to Do (1951)

This is a fire safety film based on the Chatsworth fire in Los Angeles in 1947. It shows how the fire burned 50 homes but was stopped at the door to the Garmin farm. It shows a large part of that was the fact that everyone in the family did everything they could to help fight the fire - even the children.

Producer: Frith Films
Audio/Visual: Sound, Color
Run time: 16:25