Mt. Desert Island Forest Fire

Date1947

AbstractIntertitle: “Mt. Desert Island Forest Fire October, 1947 University of Maine Forestry Department” A shot of three signs that read, “Cadillac Mtn Road,” “Jordan Pond House,” and “Seal Harbor.” Two shots of the forest with smoke rising from the tree tops. Shots of men talking near the Acadia National Park Office building. People walk around a yard filled with several items. Footage of a University of Maine R.O.T.C. radio truck and a fire fighter talking into a walkie-talkie. Footage of the fire. Footage of firefighters filling their fire extinguishers with water, pumping water from a lake and spraying the ground with water, or “mopping-up.” Footage of the aftermath of the fire in Bar Harbor. A few shots of young men posing on the back of a pickup truck before it drives away. Footage of the fire interspersed with shots of firemen fighting the blaze by building a fire line and conducting a controlled burn to prevent the fire from jumping the line. Young men board a bus at Somesville School. This film is Reel 16 of the Richard Hale Collection.