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ON00120 002-2-4-1 · Item · 1939 - 1940
Part of Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited

One film of mining in Falconbridge, Ontario.

00:00 Turning a bullwheel and connecting the pin on the train cars in a mine.
00:18 Books in an office.
00:34 Grinder and a chain.
01:02 Miner marking for an engineer’s line.
01:20 Tools.
01:30 Air saw.
01:51 Mill hole.
02:09 Train in a mine.
02:59 Mill hole.
03:55 Air saw.
04:02 Chains to stop ore coming down a mill hole.
04:28 Steam shovel.
04:43 Mine shaft head frame.
05:15 Ore coming down a mill hole.
06:13 Rock house.
06:29 Picking belt.
06:42 Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited – Concentration
07:25 Slurry.
07:41 Electric diamond motor turning the mix.
07:56 Stock Tanks. These tanks furnish storage for thickened concentrates and take care of short filter plant shutdowns.
08:29 Laboratory.
10:00 Miners.
10:13 Slurry.
11:27 Arrival of Coke by Rail.
12:11 50” x 240” Blast Furnace.
12:27 Steam shovel in quarry.
13:11 Pouring Converter SLAG to outside bed.
13:56 Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited – Concentration.
14:01 Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited – Smelting.
15:38 13’ x 24’ Pierce Smith Converter.
15:42 Tapping Settler Slag.
15:45 End.

Q + K
ON00120 002-2-5-1 · Item · June 5, 1939
Part of Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited

One film of the Royal Visit at Garson Crossing in Garson, Ontario.

00:00 Awaiting the King and Queen’s arrival at Garson Crossing.
01:37 Arrival of the Royal Train.
02:03 The band performing and the crowd waiting.
02:58 Arrival of the Royal Train.

03:26 Arrival of King George IV and Queen Elizabeth at Garson Crossing.
04:45 Departure of the King and Queen in their car.
04:19 Departure of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, Sudbury Mayor William Joseph Laforest, Margaret Laforest (Mayor Laforest's daughter), Copper Cliff Mayor Everett Alfred Collins and Mary Ireland (Mayor Collin’s niece) in their car.
04:54 End.

SSM&S #1
ON00120 002-2-6-1 · Item · 1942
Part of Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited

Part one of a two part film of the 2nd Battalion, Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury Regiment (Reserve) in training at Minnow Lake in Sudbury, Ontario.

00:00 The 2nd Battalion, S.S.M. & S. Regt. (Reserve) in training at Sudbury. In the year 1942, the people of The Sudbury district had become accustomed to the idea that the production of nickel was all important to the war endeavours of the United Nations. There were some too who realized that supplies of nickel could only go forward so long as no enemy action would interfere with the production plants. These men sought to contribute their share to the safety of the district and the country through the medium of the reserve army. Here they absorbed the lesson that directed organization and knowledge of weapons can make men into a power for defence. To satisfy the industrial effort, the customary schedule of two weeks in a summer military camp was sacrificed and the same training carried out in a local camp without disturbance to the men’s working shifts. This innovation in training methods was a complete success and has set a precedent for the war years. Added to the camp training, weekend tactical schemes were performed throughout the training year. The net result has been an infantry unit as inured to actual battle conditions as men engaged in industrial pursuits can be made.
01:53 Minnow Lake Camp: And the first grey of morning filled the east. And the fog rose out of the Oxus stream. But all the Tartar camp along the stream Was hush’d and still the men were plunged in sleep. – Arnold –
02:45 In the lines
03:16 A soldier’s tent
03:31 The pipe band will play the troops to the parade ground
03:51 “Markers!”
04:09 “Outwards Turn!”
04:26 “On Parade!”
04:57 “Markers, Fall in!”
05:11 “Parade, Steady!”
05:17 “Slope Arms!”
05:34 “All present and correct Sir!”
05:54 “Carry on with the syllabus!”
06:21 Pile arms
06:39 Bombing Practice
07:28 Respirator drill
08:19 Loading and unloading by numbers.
09:31 In Out! In Out! Pass through
09:58 The controlled charge
10:27 Over the obstacles
10:42 Bren Gun instruction
11:14 Preparing for parade
11:31 Too many Vitamines [sic]
11:48 That eager look when cookhouse sounds
12:27 Officers Mess
12:55 “All night long the brose was going and the pipes changing hands.” – Stevenson –
13:28 Some of the visiting staff.
13:43 Part 2 to follow.
13:47 End.

Townsite Shots
ON00120 002-2-1-1 · Item · January 1941 (filmed between 1939-1940)
Part of Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited

One film of the Township of Falconbridge, Ontario.

Black & White
00:00 Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited – Mining
00:11 The Office
00:15 All work is planned and laid out and the results recorded so that each operation will dovetail with all others in orderly sequence.
00:31 Drafting
01:10 Planimeter calculates areas of excavation
01:38 Calculations are rapidly made on comptometer.
01:55 Plans are easily reduced or enlarged to any desired scale by a pantograph.
02:11 All plans are indexed and filed
02:29 When the plans have been delivered to the shops, work is started upon the equipment required
02:40 Carpenter Shop
02:44 Timber being framed
03:12 Band saw
03:40 Machine Shop
03:45 Shearing machine
04:16 Cutting with acetylene torch.
04:43 Forging hammer
05:12 Drill press
05:42 Riveting

Colour
06:12 Falconbridge Town shots
06:27 Edison Club
06:38 Craig family residence
06:56 Flowers
07:26 Various Falconbridge houses alongside a wooden sidewalk
08:05 Flowers
08:17 Edison Club
08:28 The main office building located beside the main gate into Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited property.

Black & White
08:36 Barbara Craig cross-country skiing
08:59 Outside skating rink
09:09 Falconbridge hockey players
09:53 Badminton match at the Falconbridge Community Hall
10:34 Shuffle board in the basement of the Falconbridge Community Hall
11:33 Basketball game at the Falconbridge Community Hall
12:11 Barbara Craig (right) with a man and two dogs in the back yard of the Craig family home.
12:12 Soccer game

Colour
12:42 Barbara Craig with a man and a dog in the back yard of the Craig family home.
12:54 Trapeze artists
13:40 Baseball game
14:16 Gill family residence.
14:42 Community Rock Garden located between the Gill family and Craig family houses.
14:48 Craig family residence.
14:50 Outdoor Tennis match
14:56 End

Falcona Beach
ON00120 002-2-2-1 · Item · 1940
Part of Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited

One film of Camp Falcona at Trout Lake, 26 miles north-west of Falconbridge, Ontario.

00:00 Falconbridge Nickel Mine Limited – The Department of Health Education.
00:09 Photography by A. Cameron.
00:13 Camp Falcona, sponsored by the Company to further its Health Education program and provide a vacation spot for the children of their employees, was established on the shores of Trout Lake 26 miles north-west of Falconbridge in the summer of 1937.
00:37 Here for three successive years have come the boys and girls of school age to enjoy a very healthful and constructive outdoor holiday under the watchful eye of competent supervision.
01:01 Off to Camp.
01:17 Trout Lake Landing.
01:40 Camp Scenes.
04:30 Camp Programme.
04:35 7.15 A.M.
04:45 Morning Jerks and Washup.
05:35 Flag Raising.
06:11 After Breakfast Cleanup.
06:27 Seniors Building Outside Theatre.
06:54 Junior Dramatics.
08:00 After Dinner Truckshop Rush.
08:17 Boys Handcraft Hobbies.
08:30 Girls Handcraft Display.
08:48 Field Sports.
10:21 Boys Swimming and Diving.
11:05 Canoe Drill.
12:33 Girls Swimming and Life Saving.
15:34 Aquaplaning.
16:38 End.

Gym Demonstration
ON00120 002-2-3-1 · Item · April 1939
Part of Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited

One film of the gym demonstration in Falconbridge, Ontario.

Black & White
00:00 Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited – The Department of Health Education.
00:09 A Display of Gym and Dancing given by Members of the Health Education Department in April 1939.
00:30 Mothers and Fathers.
00:58 Tiny Tots Rhythm by Tiny Tots.
01:46 Novelty Relays by Junior Boys.
02:22 Nursery Rhymes by 608 Year Girls.
02:59 Danish Gymnastics by Senior School Girls.
05:01 Jack and Jill by Junior Tap Dancers.
06:17 Apparatus and Tumbling by Intermediate and Senior Boys.
09:42 Ten Pretty Girls by Senior School Tap.
10:08 Tap Dance by Three Pretty Girls.
10:54 Exercises by Intermediate Girls Gym.
11:30 School Days by Garson Girls.
11:56 Folk Dancing by Senior School Girls.
12:32 Maids and Waitresses by Intermediate Tap Dancers.
13:04 Social Dancing by High School Girls and Boys.
14:06 Pyramids by Intermediate and Senior Boys.
15:04 Tactics by Intermediate and Senior Girls.
17:35 End.