[1957 Maine Forest Fire]

1619.0011
Kennebunk, Maine
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circa 1957
Can label says: 1957 Maine Forest Fire; footage of large forest fire, firemen, aerial footage of thick smoke and burned homes, Kennebunk sign; fire fighters drink water beside truck on road, carry hoses into woods; poor footage of burned smoking trees, aerial footage of smoke, roaring blaze with very thick flames, more aerial footage, firefighter sprays wood, firemen arrive on truck and on jeep, men drag hoses into woods, thick smoke pours over road, Waterboro fire truck, roaring flames on field, aerial footage of thick black smoke, man in hood sprays flame-retardant on pile of logs, South Portland fire truck, log piles engulfed in flames, U.S. navy truck; men from Saco in woods, fire truck drives by Wells/Sanford road sign, nice profile shot of man, bulldozers plow through earth and trees, Yarmouth fire truck; Berwick fire truck; thought this was the 1947 fire, but film date codes are 1956 and 1957.

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