Setting Fires for Science

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Setting Fires for Science (1958)

Directed by Donald Brittain

Documentary · 20m

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.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Donald Brittain
Editor
Hubert Schuurman
Producer
Peter Jones

Details

Release date
1958-01-01
Runtime
20m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
Canada
Production
ONF | NFB