Smoke and Weather

Smoke and Weather

22 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1958

During the fire season, look-out men keep constant vigilance for the first sign of smoke, scanning the territory for miles around. How they are trained for the work and how their efforts save many valuable stands of timber are illustrated at a fire tower in the Forestry Branch's Petawawa Forest Experiment Station in Ontario.

Smoke and Weather

22 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1958

Smoke and Weather
During the fire season, look-out men keep constant vigilance for the first sign of smoke, scanning the territory for miles around. How they are trained for the work and how their efforts save many valuable stands of timber are illustrated at a fire tower in the Forestry Branch's Petawawa Forest Experiment Station in Ontario.
Producers National Film Board of Canada
Original title Smoke and Weather
Directors William Greaves
Writers William Greaves

Cast

Frank Edwards

as Narrator (voice)