Moving Image / Homestake Mine Fire, 1960
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- Title
- Homestake Mine Fire, 1960
- Creator
- California Department of Forestry
- Date Created and/or Issued
- 1960
- Contributing Institution
-
Cal Fire Museum
- Collection
-
California Revealed from Cal Fire Museum
- Rights Information
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Public domain. No restrictions on use.
- Description
- Compilation reel of multiple sections showing fire scenes from the Homestake Mine fire, Foresthill/Auburn, CA area August 20 - September 1, 1960. Both aerial shots and ground based firefighting shown. Helicopter use and tanker drops featured. Post-fire damage and conditions shown.
- Type
- moving image
- Format
- Composite
Reversal
Sound
Color
16mm film
- Extent
- 1 Reel of 1
- Identifier
- casbcfm_000010
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Wildfires--California
Firefighters
Fire engines and equipment
- Time Period
- 1960
- Provenance
- Cal Fire Museum
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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