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Snow ranger uses explosive to treat the areas where avalanches are likely to occur as snow rolls down in the area.

A documentary about the dangers posed by avalanches and the methods to control them in the mountainous regions of the United States. A snow ranger on Mount Baldy in Alta, Utah prepares a package of avalanche starters. Ranger works on cables and a pack of explosives. He tosses the charge onto an avalanche slope. A slide pass being treated. Snow comes rolling down the pass. Snow comes down the same slope on another day. Corners of the slide being treated as ranger digs and plants a charge. Snow blown away. A safety rope helps the ranger stay on top as the explosive goes off in the corner.

Location: Alta Utah USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059572
A gun fired at Alta's Rustler Mountain leads triggers intentional avalanche to protect ski areas of Alta, Utah.

A documentary about the dangers posed by avalanches and the methods to control them in the mountainous regions of the United States. The Utah National Guard gun crew and forest rangers work on an artillery gun. A gun is fired, a high explosive shell hits at Rustler Mountain of Alta resort. Snow avalanche is triggered and drifts down the slope. The controlled avalanche reduces the chances of an uncontrolled avalanche in the near future. A snow ranger looks through binoculars as he keeps a vigil to check for any avalanches. Men ski along the snow covered slopes.

Location: Alta Utah USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059573
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
A gun fire triggers off an avalanche and snow is removed with a machine in Alta, Utah.

A training film ' Avalanche Control ' about the dangers posed by avalanches and the methods to control them in Alta, Utah. Men set up a gun and fire it at a snow covered slope. Snow drifts down the slopes as an avalanche occurs. Steep mountains, open slopes and a snow covered area in Alta, Utah. A highway amidst a snow covered area leading to a ski resort. A machine removes snow from the area. An avalanche affected area near a ski resort. Another area with uprooted and displaced electric poles after an avalanche.

Location: Alta Utah USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 3 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059575
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
A valley affected by a slab avalanche in Alta, Utah.

A training film about the dangers posed by avalanches and the methods to control them in Alta, Utah. An area susceptible to slab avalanches. A fracture of a crack line along an area from where the snow breaks away due to unstable conditions. An area affected by slab avalanche. Blocks of snow along the avalanche path. The valley swept by an avalanche.

Location: Alta Utah USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059577
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