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This film shows the scientific study of fires set to buildings in Aultsville, Ontario, a town evacuated for flooding by the St. Lawrence Seaway. Scientists at Canada's National Research Council devised instruments for recording the progress of a fire in all its stages, to help the country's fire fighters lessen fire's tragic toll.

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This film shows the scientific study of fires set to buildings in Aultsville, Ontario, a town evacuated for flooding by the St. Lawrence Seaway. Scientists at Canada's National Research Council devised instruments for recording the progress of a fire in all its stages, to help the country's fire fighters lessen fire's tragic toll.

director

Donald Brittain
script

Donald Brittain
producer

Peter Jones
camera

Reginald Morris
sound

George Croll
editing

Hubert Schuurman
sound editing

Karl Duplessis

Malca Gillson
narrator

Geoffrey Hogwood

Setting Fires for Science

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