SUICIDE MISSIONS: SMOKEJUMPERS, History Channel, 2001
The profession has only been around since 1939. In keeping with its danger, that is also the year when the first deaths occurred.
SUICIDE MISSIONS: SMOKEJUMPERS heads into the flames and through the past with the smoke jumpers, who parachute into the wilderness to fight massive firestorms.
We'll visit the barracks where they prepare for their dangerous duty, and hear what it is like to be isolated in the middle of a forest fire with only the tools you can carry and your wits to protect you. Harrowing accounts revisit some of the great tragedies of the Smoke jumpers, including the infamous Mann Gulch disaster of 1939 and the 1994 Storm King Mountain catastrophe.
And see how technological innovations and evolving strategies have helped make the jumpers' job safer over the years. Dramatic footage and fascinating interviews highlight this account of the dangerous world of the SMOKE JUMPERS.
50 minutes, fully narrated, VHS NTSC ONLY, ISBN: 0-7670-3756-1, VS7125 / $24.95
ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: A&E / History Channel Videos