| LUMBERING IN NORTHERN ONTARIO Educational film showing work in timber industry in Canada. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6583 |
| Catalog #: | 488262 | |
| Clip Number: | 488262-5 | |
| Orginal Film: | DOCUMENTARIES | |
| Timecode: | 01:31:44 - 01:34:14 | |
| Location: | Ontario, Canada | |
| Year Shot: | 1923 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Logging & Lumber / Timber INDUSTRY/MINING: Gold LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: Canada, Ontario | |
| Description: | "Many of the lumbermen come from the Province of Quebec and bear strong traces of their French ancestry." M/S of an elderly man carrying a pole suspending two buckets from either end. He puts the bucket down and takes off the yoke. He collects water in the buckets. C/U of the man as he puts the yoke back on his shoulders and walks off. "Gold is part of the mineral wealth of Northern Ontario, and often the lumbermen take up prospecting in the hope of lucky strikes." M/S of three men digging for gold. "They drill the the hard quartz in which the gold is hidden". C/U of two men drilling through the rock with hand tools. "...or with more primitive appliances, they wash the river gravel in search of gold dust and nuggets." C/U of an elderly man panning for gold. He leans over to look closely in his pan. "But the search for gold is hazardous, and the wealth of Ontario still lies in the wonderful forests which yield the stores of the lumber yards." High angle shot of the lumber yards. Film ends. | |
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