Smoking and fires

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[Fire prevention -- fire fighting]

Stock shots. Includes footage of the "Manning Park Gallows" fire prevention sign on the Hope-Princeton Highway; general footage of forest fire(s), fire fighters, and their equipment; aerial footage of fire; use of helicopters and air tankers (B-17 bomber); etc.

[Fires 67 no. 6 : fire and careless smoker, Langford]

Stock shots. Suppression crew dispatched from Langford ranger station. Canso drops on fire. Caterpillar tractor, surpression crew fighting the fire. Staged sequence showing smokers discarding their cigarettes carelessly. Fire crew and tanker trucks.

[Forest protection spots, 1956-1980]

Television commercials. A selection of television public awareness spots dealing with forest fire prevention in British Columbia. Most of the spots emphasize the role of human carelessness as a major cause of forest fires, and highlight their impact in terms of financial loss, destruction of wildlife, and damage to recreational values. One spot ("Green Gold") ties in with the 1958 B.C. Centennial; another features UBC president Dr. N.AM. MacKenzie.

[Road sign painting]

Stock shots. Shows a crew painting road signs promoting forest fire prevention. Stencilled directly on the road surface, the signs read: "USE YOUR ASHTRAY / KEEP B.C. GREEN".