Film Record: National Park Rangers

Date produced: 1955

Filmmaker(s):

Wayne Mitchell

Languages:

English

Length:

700 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Optical

Awards/Recognition:

PSA Ten Best 1955

Description:

"Wayne Mitchell, a former Ranger in the National Park Service acquaints the audience with a few of the Ranger's many jobs. Filmed in the Sequoia National Park, with Mrs. Mitchell as co-producer, this excellent film includes a hair-raising fire sequence which was finally obtained only after the Mitchells had expended considerable time and energy chasing forest fire reports from San Diego to Sequoia. Invariably upon arrival, they would find it to be only a brush fire or in a spot inaccessible for filming. The film demonstrates their eventual successes." PSA Journal, Dec. 1955, 36.

Resources:

PSA Journal, Nov. 1955, 20.

According to the , >National Park Rangers was Mitchell's first film.

Locations:

• Sequoia National Park, C.A. (Filming)

Subjects:

•      Geography
•      United States
•           California

Genre:

• Documentary

Form:

• Short

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