| Description |
1 online resource (55 minutes) |
| Summary |
A combination of hurricane-force winds and the snapping of an electrical pole starts the Honda Canyon Fire on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, early in the morning of December 20, 1977. In the course of events, a conflict of cultures emerges, Military commanders, fearful of the Base's cold war secrets being compromised, attempted to control the protocols and procedures of the civilian fire fighters called upon to battle the enormous blaze, offering up their own untrained personnel to fight a conflagration that, for all intents and purposes, should have never been fought and couldn't be beaten |
| Notes |
Title from title screen (viewed February 13, 2023) |
| Performer |
Featuring: Joseph Valencia, Dennis R. Ford, Don Perry, Paul Hill, Tom Gooch, Stan Long, Ron Fink, Joe Lindaman, Mike Holmes, John Eeazelle, Marvin Moneymaker, Mike Alt, Melanie Bedwell, and others |
| Notes |
In English |
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Won 2022 IndieFEST Film Awards, Award of Excellence for History/Biographical |
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Won 2022 IndieFEST Film Awards, Award of Merit for Documentary Short |
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Won 2021 San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, Best Central Coast Feature Documentary |
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Won 2021 Jerome Indie Film and Music Festival, Jury Award, Best Documentary Feature |
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Won 2022 Cannes World Film Festival, Monthly Award, Best Historical Film |
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Won 2021 Care Awards, The Veterans Award |
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Nominated 2022 Bare Bones International Film & Music Festival, Feature Film Award for Best Documentary |
| Subject |
Santa Barbara County (Calif.). Fire Department
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Wildfires -- California -- Santa Barbara County -- History -- 20th century
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Fire fighters -- California -- Santa Barbara County -- Biography
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Fire extinction -- California -- Vandenberg Space Force Base -- Case studies
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Wildfires -- California -- Santa Barbara County -- Prevention -- Case studies
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| SUBJECT |
Vandenberg Space Force Base (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Case studies.
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Biographical films.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Ford, Dennis R., director, on-screen participant, producer, editor of moving image work
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Hite, Chris (Film producer and director), director, producer, editor of moving image work
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Valencia, Joseph N., producer, on-screen participant
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Fuss, Glenn, producer
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Augmentee Films (Firm), publisher, production company, presenter
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