A uniformed U.S. Forest Service officer answers a telephone from a command post dealing with a forest fire in California in 1987. He informs the caller that the area of his interest is well outside the fire zone, but that the Stanislaus National Forest is completely closed due to the fire. Workers in the center pass information about closed areas to others by telephone. Copies of information bulletins are seen.
Views of community activities to assist persons fleeing from a forest fire in California, in 1987. A pickup truck parked on a road, loaded with personal belongings, including a stuffed deer head. A radio shown as an announcer speaks of the need at the Fair Grounds, for items related to animal care, such as dog food, etc. A food establishment worker speaks of taking care of 500 people a day with hamburgers, and other simple foods. View inside a building of people going through a food line staffed by volunteers. Large number of people displaced by wild fire are seated at tables eating.
A supervisory firefighter briefs teams about people not seeing flames and not feeling threatened, so they may be getting tired of seeing firefighters all the time. He describes this as approaching the "5th stage" of rescue which he defines as "shoot the rescuer." The assembled firefighters chuckle about this. A long line of firefighters walks along a dirt road and enter the Stanislaus National Forest. Smoke blows from the entrance.
Street views in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Gallery of a building. Street views showing buildings, houses and traffic. Surrounding snow covered mountains. Pedestrians walk along a street. A sign at a restaurant reads 'Bluemen Hiller'. Cars pass along a road. An army cameraman at work.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen town in Germany. A building in a green field. Mountains in the background. Buildings in the green field with the mountains in the background. Several views of small buildings and houses.
U.S. Army cameraman set up on Theresienwiese plaza near Statue of Bavaria, in front of the Ruhmeshalle (Hall of Fame) in Munich, Germany. Closeup of him as cars drive past. View shifts to behind him, with flags of nations participating in the Olympic Summer Games. Behind the flags.St. Paul's Church can be seen in the distance. Unseen camera zooms in on the Army photographer. Scene shifts to him near street sign pointing to other German cities. The flags and St. Paul's church are clearly seen. Traffic continues to move on the streets. Unseen camera pans up the street sign showing "Pasing; Kempten,Memmingen; Landshut;Stuttgart; and Regensburg." An double tram passes close to the photographer. A change of scene shows him on a street near a poster advertising Löwenbräu beer. Pedestrians walk past and around him.
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