| Iron Mountain Blown Apart | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1638 |
| Catalog #: | 355089 | |
| Clip Number: | 355089-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 030-075-03 | |
| Timecode: | 00:29:34 - 00:30:05 | |
| Location: | Venezuela | |
| Year Shot: | 1957 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ECONOMICS: Trade, Exports INDUSTRY/MINING: Iron LOCATIONS/SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Cargo | |
| Description: | Poor image quality. In Venezuela, Iron Mountain, is a mountain of iron furnishes a limitless flow of rich ore for the mills and foundries all over the free world but the lions share goes to America. Three hundred million dollars has been invested by an American firm to get the ore from mountain to dock. Establish shot - A huge blast takes place at the base of the mountain where four thousand men are cutting into Iron Mountain in south-eastern Venezuela. CUS - Rail cars are piled high with the dirt from Iron mountain. Aerial shot - A train pulling cars filled with dirt from Iron Mountain. MCUS - One of the cars filled with the dirt is turned over and the dirt is dumped into a transport ship that will bring it to the United States. CUS - The dirt being carried by conveyor belt and dumped into vats on the ship. | |
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