Civilian Conservation Corps members work in the national forests of California. Reel 1, a camp site is selected and tents are erected. CCC units fell snag, clear brush along fire lines, erect telephone lines, build a forest bridge, terrace denuded slopes, and construct check dams to control erosion. Reel 2, Ponderosa Way, a huge fire lane in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, is cleared. Heavy equipment is used to construct a truck trail up Mt. Whitney. CCC units battle a forest fire with hand tools and bulldozers.

National Archives Identifier: 7404

Local Identifier: 33.500

Creator(s): Department of Agriculture. Federal Extension Service. (01/02/1954 - 04/13/1970) (Most Recent)

From: Series : Motion Picture Films, compiled ca. 1915 - ca. 1959

* Record Group 33: Records of the Extension Service, 1888 - 2000

Level of Description: Item

Type(s) of Archival Materials: Moving Images

This item was produced or created: ca. 1933

The creator compiled or maintained the series between: ca. 1915 - ca. 1959

Use Restriction(s): Undetermined

Sound Type: Silent

Accession Number(s): 1286

Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Material(s):

* Department of Agriculture. (1862 - ), Producer