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One film of the gym demonstration in Falconbridge, Ontario.

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00:00 “Ball Games” by the senior grades
00:33 “Top Hats” intermediate tap group
01:02 Physical Education Demonstration by the senior boys under the direction of E.W. Cross.
01:29 Concluding Number with 10 Girls as Toy Trumpeters and Drum Majorettes.
02:46 The Crowd
03:06 Opening Number with Recently-Formed Falconbridge Boys’ Band.

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03:25 “In an Old-Fashioned Garden” by Various Falconbridge Ballet Instruction Groups
07:45 End

One image of three miners installing wooden brattices in a ventilation shaft at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario.

One image of two miners constructing a ventilation shaft at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario. The miner on the right can be seen drilling down holes in a timber square set with a jackleg drill. The leg piece of the jackleg drill has been removed.

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.

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.

One image of two miners using a mucking machine to clear the tracks at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario.

One image of a prototype by the engineering department at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario.

One image of two men standing beside a derailed train engine in Falconbridge, Ontario.

One image of a derailed train engine being hoisted out of a swamp in Falconbridge, Ontario.

One image of a rail crane hoisting a derailed train engine out a swamp as with several men watching from both above and below a hill in Falconbridge, Ontario.

One image of train engine and rail crane hoisting a derailed train engine out a swamp as a group of men observe from the top of a hill in Falconbridge, Ontario.

One film of the Township of Falconbridge, Ontario.

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00:00 Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited – Falconbridge, Ont.
00:10 “Winter Scenes”
00:17 The road into Falconbridge
00:43 Streets in Falconbridge
01:08 Smokestacks
02:10 Panorama of the mine and town

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02:53 “Summer Scenes”
02:59 Panorama of the mine and town
03:37 Main office building beside the main gate into Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited.
03:48 Flowers
04:02 Edison Club
04:13 Falconbridge Four Bed Hospital across from the main office building.
04:35 Flowers
04:45 Barbra Craig in the backyard of the Craig family residence.
05:16 Gill family residence
05:29 Community rock gardens
05:33 Craig family residence
05:42 Panoramic view of Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited from a hill in Falconbride.
06:05 Flower gardens at the Craig family home.
06:35 John the Gardner for the Craig family.
06:46 Flower
06:57 Craig family home
08:12 Flowers
09:06 Fish pond with goldfish on the Craig family property
09:31 Gill family residence
09:43 Community rock garden
10:01 Craig family residence
10:20 Fish pond with goldfish on the Craig family property
10:38 Community rock garden
10:48 Craig family property
11:01 Fish pond with goldfish on the Craig family property
11:24 Craig family pheasant coop
11:37 Flower
11:48 Craig family driveway
12:04 flowers
12:15 Backyard function at the Craig family residence
12:30 Falconbridge Brass Band with Ed Cross as the Band Master
12:41 Continuation of the backyard function at the Craig family residence
13:21 End

One film of the Township of Falconbridge, Ontario.

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00:00 Edison Road into Falconbridge, Ontario
00:42 Corner of Edison Road and Lindsley Street in Falconbridge, Ontario
00:55 Five staff members of Falconbridge Nickel Mines (man on far right is Herbert Harvey)
01:06 Flower
01:26 Various houses in Falconbridge, Ontario
02:49 Wooden sidewalk in Falconbridge, Ontario
03:10 Flowers
03:47 A house in Falonbridge, Ontario
03:59 A man sitting in a flower garden
04:08 Various houses in Falonbridge, Ontario
04:37 A baby with a ball in Falonbridge, Ontario
04:47 “The Henry” - a single girls club where women resided during the war.
04:59 Various houses in Falconbridge, Ontario
05:56 Flowers
06:13 Various houses in Falconbridge, Ontario
06:50 Flowers
07:09 Barbra Craig with the Craig family’s maid in their gardens.
07:42 The greenhouse behind Bob Wilson’s house in Falconbridge, Ontario
07:57 Panorama of Falconbridge, Ontario
08:45 End

One image of the instillation of cribbing in a ventilation shaft at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario.

One image of the instillation of cribbing in a ventilation shaft at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario.

One image of the outside opening of a ventilation shaft at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario.

One image of a miner setting up a long hole drill in a stope at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario.

One print of three images of surveyors and development miners using the lines established by a survey to create drilling holes for a Survey Station in the back of a drift at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario. The first image on the left includes two miners drilling holes in a drift with long hole drills. The second image (middle) depicts a miner driving a spad in a wooden plug in a drift while the third image shows a surveyor marking out the centre line of the drift.

One film of the gym demonstration in Falconbridge, Ontario.

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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.

One image of miners building a lumber slide located near the opening of a ventilation shaft at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario.