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1947NATURAL DISASTERS
FOREST FIRE. NATURAL DISASTER. A DOCUMENTARY ACCOUNT OF THE 1947 MAINE FOREST FIRES WHICH CAUSED LOSSES OF UPWARDS OF 30 MILLION DOLLARS IN PROPERTY AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND LEFT RUIN AND DESOLATION IN THEIR WAKE. PREVENT FOREST FIRES. FOREST SERVICE.

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BEAUTIFUL SCENERY. IDYLLIC. AUTUMN. BOATS IN DOCK.
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PEACEFUL SLEEPY LITTLE NEW ENGLAND TOWN. SMALL TOWN AMERICA. KENNEBUNKPORT MAINE?.
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CU ARROWS ON POLE POINT IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
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KENNEBUNKPORT SMALL TOWN SHOP HOME MADE CANDIES. GENERAL STORE
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HAY STORING TIME. LOADING HUGE WAGON OF HAY INTO BARN.
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MAN IN THE MIDDLE OF PILE OF CORN SHUCKING CORN HARVEST. FIELD. COLLIE DOG WITH HIM
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CHURCH. SMALL NEW ENGLAND TOWN. CHURCH. FOLKS LEAVE SERVICE. MAINE
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SCENIC NATURE SHOTS, NEW ENGLAND. TREES, FIELDS BUSHES. AUTUMN LEAVES FALL.
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DRY LEAVES. DRY WOODS. DRY SPELL.
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CU HAND HOLDING MATCH THROWS IT. CARELESS WITH FIRE. BURNING OLD BRUSH AND BRANCHES. WALKS AWAY.
LEAVES BRUSH FIRE BURNING
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CARELESS SMOKES TOSSES CIGARETTE BUTT ON PILE OF LEAVES. WIND BLOWS LEAVES IN TREES.
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DRY WOODS ON FIRE. TURNS INTO INFERNO. FIRE OUT OF CONTROL. WIND BUILDING UP. HOUSES THREATENED.
FIRE FIGHTERS. NIGHTTIME. FOREST FIRE
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CU HEADLINE "EVACUATE 5 TOWNS AS FIRES RAGE"
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PEOPLE EVACUATE THEIR HOMES. LOADING BELONGINGS ONTO TRUCK, GETTING HORSES OUT OF BARN.
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FIELD COMMUNICATIONS. MAN TALKS ON PORTABLE RADIO
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NEWS REPORTER TALKS INTO RADIO MIC, REPORTS OF FIRE. COMMUNICATIONS
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1940s FAMILY ADDING TO HUGE PILE OF FIRE-FIGHTING SUPPLIES, BROOMS, BUCKETS, SHOVELS ETC
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IN BIGGER TOWN, RED CROSS TRUCKS, RELIEF AGENCIES.
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FIRE-FIGHTERS WATCH FOREST FIRE.
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FIRE BURSTS OF FLAME. RAGING FOREST FIRE. HOUSE ON FIRE. HOMES BURNED. LUMBER YARD GONE.
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FIRE-FIGHTERS TRYING TO PUT OUT FIRE WITH HOSE.
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MAN LOOKS AT SALVAGED PHOTO ALBUM WHILE FIRE STILL BURNS.
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FIRE AFTERMATH. CHARRED FOREST. SMOKING GROUND.
MEN RAKE.
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FIRE AFTERMATH NOTHING LEFT OF HOMES BUT FOUNDATION AND CHIMNEY. PILES OF RUBBLE. GAS STATION GONE.
FAMILY LOOKS AT REMAINS OF HOME.
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FAMILY LOOKS AT RUBBLE OF WHAT USED TO BE THEIR HOME. BOY LOOKS AT HIS TRICYCLE. BURNED OUT TRUCK
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POV IN CAR PASSING BURNED OUT HOMES, PROPERTY DAMAGE.
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CU LITTLE GIRL CRIES ON MOM
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RAGING FOREST FIRE. MAINE, 1947
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