Movie

Setting Fires for Science (1958)

• January 1, 1958
• 20m

• Documentary

Overview

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

Starring

Geoffrey Hogwood