US Paratroops Quell Forest Fire

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

989

Date Released

22 Aug 1940

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Home Guards Have Big Defence Test
2. 2Ship Ablaze Starts Sabotage Enquiry
3. 3Farmers Boys Win Royal Approval
4. 4US Paratroops Quell Forest Fire
5. 5To-Day’s Army Takes Jerks Out of Pt
6. 6RAF Get Germans "Down in the Dumps"

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

Parachute force is latest method of fighting forest fires.

Keywords

Agriculture; Fires; Forestry; Military

Locations

Montana

Library number

9939

Length of story (in feet)

102

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