Setting Fires for Science
1958, English. Directed by Donald Brittain.
This film shows the scientific study of fires set to buildings in Aultsville, Ontario, a town evacuated for flooding by the St. Lawrence Seaway. Scientists at Canada's National Research Council devised instruments for recording the progress of a fire in all its stages, to help the country's fire fighters lessen fire's tragic toll.
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- 0h 20m
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- 1 January 1958
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Setting Fires for Science runs 20 minutes (0h 20m).
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Setting Fires for Science isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1958. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Setting Fires for Science?
Setting Fires for Science (1958) was directed by Donald Brittain and stars Geoffrey Hogwood.