Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Red Enemy - 1922


Country: United States
This video is about forestry practices in the American Northwest in the early part of the Twentieth Century. It explains how harvesting of trees and processing of the products. Products such as timber and paper. The video explains the products are used for buildings school and ships. The video also shows the processing of paper. According to the video, forestry had employed half the workforce in America at this time. Toward the end of the video, it explains fire prevention and the "Red Enemy" is fire. It also talks about fire lookouts on Mount Hood. It also had images of The Blue Ridge Fire. This video is in the Public Domain. The Master Copy can be found at the National Archives and Records Administration, Room 4000, 8601 Adelphi Road, Hyattsville, MD 20740-6001. The Archival Retrieval Catalog (ARC) number is: 7170.

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