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Industry and Commerce (33)

Metal and Steel Industries (6)

  • Camera on Labour No. 4
    Camera on Labour No. 4
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    Alvin Goldman 1956 13 min
    New Health Service for Garment Workers: Jointly operated by management and union, the Fashion Industries' Health Center in Montréal plays watchdog to the health of International Ladies' Garment Workers Union members through its free diagnostic service. Steelworkers Go to Press: An employee of the Stelco Steel plant in Hamilton, Cecil Lewis doubles as editor of a monthly union newspaper that keeps local members informed of union aims and activities.
  • Front of Steel
    Front of Steel
    John McDougall 1940 18 min
    This short WWII propaganda documentary drives home the point that steel and committed steel workers can make the difference between winning and losing in modern warfare. A short sequence demonstrating the depravity of the Nazis is followed by a detailed explanation of the manufacture of Bren guns, ambulances, transport trucks and submarine chasers in Canada during World War II.
  • Make Money?
    Make Money?
    Tina Keeper 1999 4 min
    In How Do They Make Money?, shiny discs dance their way through the mint, emerging as brand new pennies! A film without words.
  • Recycle Steel?
    Recycle Steel?
    Tina Keeper 1999 4 min
    In this short documentary, watch sparks fly and molten metal run white hot as it goes from scrap metal to fresh steel.
  • Steeltown
    Steeltown
    Rex Tasker  &  Wolf Koenig 1966 55 min
    A portrait of Hamilton, the Pittsburgh or Birmingham of Canada. This is a rich and colourful subject that encourages imaginative treatment on the screen. The heart of the city is the immense complex of furnaces and rolling mills, but nearby are the lake, the mountain, and the rich fruit farms. How the work of the steel mills touches the city and its surroundings is shown in many views during both day and night.

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