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U.S. Forest Service actions to study snow avalanches and protect the skiing public

People are seen skiing down the slopes of snow covered mountains in Utah. Then, an avalanche of snow is shown across a valley. It thunders down the mountainside covering trees and everything in its path and rapidly approaches the camera position. Scene shifts to a Snow Ranger of the U.S. Forest Service. View of badges worn by such Rangers. View of the Snow Ranger headquarters in Alta, Utah, where avalanche studies are conducted. Camera pans along a swath of deep snow on a mountainside.

Location: Alta Utah USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059574
Different types of avalanches occur as snow drifts down a slope into a valley in Alta, Utah.

A training film about the dangers posed by avalanches and the methods to control them in Alta, Utah. People enjoy skiing in Alta, Utah. A skier comes down a steep slope. Snow flakes fall on a red surface. A man walks on a level snow covered ground. Wind blows away snow. Steep slopes along mountains susceptible to avalanches. Different types of avalanches like the small snow drift. Snow comes down a slope without posing any danger to life and property. Another type of avalanche is flood avalanche where an enormous mass of snow crashes into the valley posing a great threat to life and property.

Location: Alta Utah USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059576
Means of forecasting avalanches include wind wane, dropping barometer and a gust thermometer.

A training film about the dangers posed by avalanches and the methods to control them in Alta, Utah. An airborne avalanche occurs as snow moves down a dam slide. Some of the snow whirls up with the wind while the rest falls on the ground. Snow moves down as a snow cloud is formed along the slope of Mount Superior. Means of forecasting avalanches include a dropping barometer and a wind wane indicating direction of wind blow. Snow blows from the slope of one mountain to another. A gust thermometer to measure velocity variation of wind. A graph indicates wind speed in miles per hour.

Location: Alta Utah USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059579
Snow cover behavior and stability being observed and recorded with the help of instruments in Alta, Utah.

A training film about the means of forecasting avalanches in Alta, Utah. A Ram Penetrometer being used by a ranger to observe and study the behavior of snow cover. It measures the hardness of snow. A ranger digs a pit alongside the penetrometer with a shovel. Snow temperature being recorded with the help of a dial thermometer in the dugout. Layering of snow being recorded by the ranger to detect an avalanche. About half meter long sample tubes being inserted in different layers of snow. Sample tubes being removed and weighed to determine the water content and stability. Similar tests being conducted along a fracture line. A ranger with a penetrometer at the fracture line. Snow layers being observed and recorded at the fracture line. Ram resistance and slope angles being measured and recorded at the fracture point to make a profile of the fracture line.

Location: Alta Utah USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 3 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059581
Military weapons like 105mm Recoilless Rifle and a fix mount Recoilless Rifle being used to set off avalanches in Alta, Utah.

A training film about the means of forecasting and controlling of avalanches in Alta, Utah. A fix mount Recoilless Rifle being fired at the snow covered slopes and no avalanche occurs. The Recoilless Rifle fired to check for occurrence of avalanches in ski areas. An avalanche launched at a little distance. A 105 mm Recoilless Rifle mounted on a vehicle. A man dislodges the corners with heels of the skis. Snow drifts down as the corners are dislodged.

Location: Alta Utah USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059587
Student medics examine a pregnant woman under a program for mother and infant health care at the University of Valley.

A film about the health programs for people in Candelaria, Colombia. Student medics trained in different aspects of health and medicine at the Universidad Del Valle (University of Valley), Faculty of Medicine. A document about the program on health care for mothers and infants. A report. A pregnant woman weighs herself. An instrument to measure blood pressure. Pregnant woman on a bed. A medic examines her as the other one takes note of the observations made during the examination.

Location: Candelaria Colombia
Date: 1972, September
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675059594
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