Visual Analysis
0:00-0:02 A pick-up truck is dragging a boat and whatever is dragging the boat appears to be making sparks on the ground. The scenery is a type of forest because there are large trees in the background. The man can be described as middle aged, brown hair and brown beard with a camouflage hat.
0:03-0:06 The next scene is of the man bent over looking a the chains that were causing the sparks. The man must have exited his car.
0:06-0:11 While the man is still trying to do something to the dragging the chains, the angle of the video appears to be high up and looking down at him. This could possible mean that someone or something is looking down at him from a tall tree.
0:11-0:14 The man is still trying to fix his chains that were causing sparks.
0:15 The man stands up and a very large figure can be seen. This figure has no head shown but is covered in brown fur. The figure is clearly not a human but it is standing on two legs. The man is not yet aware of the figure behind him
0:16-0:18 The man turns around and comes face to face with this figure which seems to be a bear. The bear is much taller than the man and is wearing a park ranger type hat with only the two letters “sm” visible from this scene.
0:18-0:22 The bear is actually Smokey the Bear. Smokey the bear then gives the man a big hug. Smokey seems to be doing this as a thank you for picking the chains that were causing sparks. It can now be inferred that this an announcement is about preventing forest fires.
0:22-0:26 Smokey the bear and the man give each other a long stare. Smokey then pats the man on the shoulder multiple times. This seems to show that Smokey approved of the man for picking up the chains because he could have started a forest fire if he did not.
0:26-0:31 Smokey then starts to walk away from the man. The man waves multiple times at the Smokey. Then the screen says in bold white letters “Only YOU Can Prevent Wildfires.” This is obviously public safety announcement to prevent forest fires.
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