| Nature's Treasure: Potash Boom In Canada | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1751 |
| Catalog #: | 426035 | |
| Clip Number: | 426035-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 039-072-01 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Canada, Saskatchewan | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENGINEERING: Tunnel, Misc INDUSTRY/MINING: Misc INDUSTRY/MINING: Potash LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: Canada, Saskatchewan SCIENCE: Technology | |
| Description: | NO AUDIO A modern breakthrough in the discovery and mining of "Potash" occurs in the prairie Provinces of Western Canada. Some 5 billion tons are discovered there. Potassium from Potash is vital to plant and animal life, business, industry and the Space program. Establishing shot - Combines harvesting wheat in the farm fields of Saskatchewan, Canada. LS - Exterior shot of a mining company. High Angle Shot - Roof tops, a chimney spewing out pollutants in the hemisphere. Underground shot - of miners getting around via golf cart like vehicles. CUS - Side profile of a miner wearing safety glasses, a hard hat with a light. CUS - A huge industrial earth drill making new tunnels in the lower mine shafts. CUS - Raw "potash". Raw potash being moved via conveyer belt. CUS - Raw 'potash' being cleaned in some kind of cleaning solution. MS - A mining technician overlooking the finished product 'potash' - Potash has been used since antiquity in the manufacture of glass and soap and as a fertilizer. | |
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