Fire!: The Prairie Demon (1923)

This film is silent.
National Archives Identifier: 7187
Local Identifier: 33.217
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Creator: Department of Agriculture, Federal Extension Service.
Series: Motion Picture Films, ca. 1915 - ca. 1959
Record Group 33: Records of the Extension Service, 1888 - 2000
This item was produced or created: 1923
Scope and Content: This educational film from the USDA's Federal Extension Service demonstrates the dangers of fast-moving prairie fires and how they are fought. Ranchers restrict the progress of a raging prairie fire by plowing furrows in its path, back firing, and shoveling dirt on the blaze. The film also depicts the consequences of allowing a prairie fire to ignite timberland. It was shot by George R. Goergens.
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