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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.

Odds-Ends Falcona Gym
ON00120 002-2-4-2 · Item · 1939 - 1940
Part of Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited

One film of mining, the Royal Visit at Garson Crossing, Falconbridge town scenes, a Falconbridge gym demonstration, and Camp Falcona.

Black & White
00:00 Ore loading into a train car.
00:22 Train underground in mine.
00:40 King George IV and Queen Elizabeth leaving Garson Crossing on the royal train. June 5, 1939

Colour
01:29 Awaiting the King and Queen’s arrival at Garson Crossing.

Black & White
02:25 Train underground in mine.
03:06 Ore loading.
03:18 Miners leaving after their shift.
03:30 Hockey.
04:46 Power transformers.
05:01 Falconbridge mine and town.
05:48 Ice rink.
05:58 Men leaving a blood donor clinic organized by President of the local Red Cross Mary Craig.
06:51 Two men unloading square sets at Falconbridge Nickel Mines #5 Shaft Timberyard.

Colour
07:19 Falconbridge four bed hospital across from the main office building.
07:29 Falconbridge school for grade 1 to grade 10.
07:39 Tennis.

Black & White
07:42 1939 Falconbridge Gym Demonstration.
11:30 Train underground in mine.
12:13 Ore loading.
12:27 Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited – Mining.
12:37 Photography by A. Cameron.
13:44 Miners arriving for their shift.
14:32 Road and street scenes in Falconbridge, Ontario.
15:45 Children sledding.
15:48 Pyramids by Intermediate and Senior Boys. [title card only]
15:56 Miners setting up two “liners” to drill into the face of the mine.
16:06 Miners with dynamite.
16:20 Two miners drilling at the face of the mine drilling a “cut.” A long hole drill is set up and ‘”cut” is drilled.

Colour
16:35 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. Here for three successive years have come the boys and girls of school age to enjoy a very healthfull and constructive outdoor holiday under the watchfull [sic] eye of competent supervision.
19:26 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.

ON00120 002-1-1-6 · Item · January 1941
Part of Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited

One print of three images of miners surveying the underground elevation at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario. The first image on the top left includes a miner holding a measuring stick in front of a door. The second image (top right) depicts a miner holding up a measuring stick to the top of the drift. The third image (bottom left) includes two miners standing on the tracks, one miner is holding a measuring stick while the second miner is using a track liner to align the tracks.

Falcona Beach 1942
ON00120 002-2-2-2 · Item · 1942
Part of Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited

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

00:00 Girls Canoe Drill.
01:11 Man Holding Caught Fish On Stick.
01:34 Girls Canoe Drill and Life Saving.
03:11 Docked Canoes.
03:21 Boat Arriving At Dock.
03:42 End.

ON00120 002-1-1-4 · Item · January 1941
Part of Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited

One print of four images of the surveying of raises at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario. The first image on the top left includes a surveyor with his camera to take pictures of the raise. The second image (top right) depicts a surveyor standing on a ladder using a camera to take pictures of the raise below him. The third image (bottom left) includes two surveyors ascending a ladder within the raise and the fourth image (bottom right) includes a surveyor using his camera to take pictures looking up the raise.