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: 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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