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Forest Service films British Columbia. Forest Service
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[70 mm camera boom and plotting]

Stock shots. Shows use of boom-mounted camera on a helicopter to take aerial photographs (possibly for forest inventory purposes), and the plotting of the information using punch cards and a computer.

[Aircraft fighting and spotting fires]

Stock shots. Footage includes: lookout man spotting fires; views from patrol plane checking fire location; aerial views of Lillooet-Pavilion area, Fraser River, Adams Lake; bird-dog plane and Avenger airtankers over fire; scens at Kamloops tanker base (dispatcher at work, air crew playing baseball, then rushing to get aircraft airborne); more shots of tanker over fire.

Axe facts

Item consists of a British Columbia Forest Service training film which demonstrates the correct use and care of the fieldman's number one tool, the axe.

[Bird-dog training school]

Stock shots. Shows training of "bird-dog" pilots and radio operators to observe forest fire fighting operations from the air. Includes footage of Avenger airtanker at airport base and making drops on a fire.

[Blasting ; log dump scenes]

Stock shots. Footage includes: powder man preparing to blast section of rock; dumping truckloads of at the Port hardy log dumping ground; caterpillar tractors shifting logs and moving earth; more drilling and blasting; more log dump scenes.

[British Columbia Ministry of Forests stock shots]

  • AAAA0421
  • Sub-series
  • [ca. 1937-1941] ; [ca. 1955-1983]; predominantly 1955-1983
  • Part of Forest Service films

Thie series consists of an extensive collection of stock shots, depicting a wide range of B.C. Forest Service and Ministry of Forests activities and related subjects. Compiled from footage shot for a variety of purposes, the material was retained for potential use as stock footage in BC Forest Service and Ministry of Forests film productions and TV spots. Some footage was also loaned out for TV news use.

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