Setting Fires for Science

1958 20 min

Overview

This film shows the scientific study of fires set to buildings in Aultsville, Ontario, a town evacuated for flooding by the St. Lawrence Seaway. Scientists at Canada's National Research Council devised instruments for recording the progress of a fire in all its stages, to help the country's fire fighters lessen fire's tragic toll.

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

Canada

Spoken Languages

English en

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Cast

Geoffrey Hogwood

Narrator

Crew

Donald Brittain

Director

Peter Jones

Producer

Reginald H. Morris

Cinematography

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