Governor of Georgia speaks about prison reform program in Georgia. He says that Georgia has modern prisons where prisoners are segregated according to their crime. Newsmen take notes. He speaks that rehabilitation program is underway and chain gang has taken its place in history.
Governor of Georgia in his office in Georgia. Governor's secretary stands beside Governor and waits for him to sign documents. Governor signs documents. Exterior of a building.
U.S. Naval Petroleum Reserve Number 1 on Elk Hills in California.. Mr. R.C. Patterson, Supervisor Oil and Gas Operations, Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, with his assistant Mr. J. D. Gerkel comes out of Naval Field Office. Both of them with charts in hand walk alongside field office. Oil wells shut down to conserve the Naval oil reserve. Patterson and assistant converse, derricks in the background. Chart shows Naval Petroleum Reserve Number No. 1. Naval undeveloped lands. Patterson and assistant talk to each other. Patterson and assistant drive up to the shut-down wells for inspection. Sign reads 'US Navy - Well No. 8'. Patterson and his assistant enter and come out of building.
View of hill side at Coloma, panning down to water of the American River, site of gold discovery by John Marshall in 1848, that led to the "gold rush." Close up view of panning for gold and filtering screens in use. Elevated view of wooden viaduct on hillside that transported water. Reconstruction interior view of a gold miner's office or dwelling, with gear and belongings of the mid 1800s period in the American west. A covered wagon parked outside. Saddles and harnesses hanging from rafters in a wooden building. Reconstructed studio of photographer Peter Britt, with various portrait photographs on the walls, and an area for subjects to sit, with a backdrop, for photographs. View of an authentic camera from the period.
The film chronicles events occurring during the California fire of 1987 in which 775 acres of forestry went up in flames and hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage was incurred. An official speaks to media about the severe fire of California which was extraordinary in nature. He says that many of the fires have been taken care of and many have not been. He states that there has been a major loss of valuable resources.
California forest fires in 1987. Trees burning in a forest. Aerial view of the smoking forest as seen from a helicopter in flight. A pickup truck drives past the burning fire. Firefighters in protective gear shoveling earth to extinguish flames and create a fire break. Numerous dramatic views of fire burning through forest. Background sounds of firefighters conversing on radios.
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