Impressions of a hardrock miner’s life, suitable for the classroom, filmed at the Falconbridge Nickel Mine at Sudbury, Ontario, and showing also the increasing use of nickel in today’s space age. Much of what is shown was filmed in the dim world far underground where, “in a bubble of air in a solid mass of rock,” the miner drills the ore face.
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ACMI Identifier
311449
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industries - Canada
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Miners
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Mines and mineral resources
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Nickel mines and mining
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Mines and mineral resources
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)