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Father takes kids to picnic area in woods; older kids collect firewood, little boy Tommy steals some matches. CUs boy constructs campfire showing how to rub match before striking it.
14:14:17 Cutaways to Native American Indian making fire by friction rubbing sticks; Pilgrim Father making fire by rubbing steel. Tommy tries to help but almost smothers fire w/ too many logs. All sit at picnic table - father demonstrates how fire needs air by putting jar over candle - kids try it w/ different sized jars.
14:17:01 Kids cook hotdogs over fire; Tommy sneaks off w/ matches & sets fire to undergrowth - father & older kids put it out w/ water & sand. VO “Tommy himself knew he had done a dangerous thing” but actually looks like he could care less.
14:19:16 Father shows them tree w/ poster ‘One Tree can make a million Matches - One Match can destroy a million Trees’ - cutaway to forest fire scenes & burned aftermath. All pack up to go home - douse campfire in sand & water - leave picnic area.
Camping; Holidays / Vacation; Danger; Health & Safety; 1940s; 1950s Educational Film;
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Title. Father takes kids to picnic area in woods; older kids collect firewood, little boy Tommy steals some matches. CUs boy constructs campfire showing how to rub match before striking it. 14:14:17 Cutaways to Native American Indian making fire by friction rubbing sticks; Pilgrim Father making fire by rubbing steel. Tommy tries to help but almost smothers fire w/ too many logs. All sit at picnic table - father demonstrates how fire needs air by putting jar over candle - kids try it w/ different sized jars. 14:17:01 Kids cook hotdogs over fire; Tommy sneaks off w/ matches & sets fire to undergrowth - father & older kids put it out w/ water & sand. VO “Tommy himself knew he had done a dangerous thing” but actually looks like he could care less. 14:19:16 Father shows them tree w/ poster ‘One Tree can make a million Matches - One Match can destroy a million Trees’ - cutaway to forest fire scenes & burned aftermath. All pack up to go home - douse campfire in sand & water - leave picnic area. Camping; Holidays / Vacation; Danger; Health & Safety; 1940s; 1950s Educational Film;