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American Movie Archives (美國電影檔案)
- Title
- Iron Country: Iron Ore and Minnesota's Future
- Year
- 1952
- Abstract
- Produced to reassure Minnesotans that iron mining would continue to spur economic development.
- Notes
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Produced: Handy (Jam) Organization
Sponsor: Lake Superior Industrial Bureau
Run Time: 22:00
Audio/Visual: Sd, C - Keyword
- Mining;Minnesota;Sustainability;Minnesota;Sustainability
- Theme
- Watch out for the well dressed men at Minnesota fairs!
- Review
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Quite interesting overview of why Iron ore is sooo important to Minnesotans. An interesting prologue and genesis to this story is set during a county fair setting (with scary looking rides). An anncountant is there with his family, which the narrarator says "Has forgotten for now, the ledgers piled high on his desk" Same goes for the salesman and his family. I guess they need to be totally free of mind for the Iron Ore guy, who goes on and on during a lunch time chat about why Iron ore is so important for Minnesota that the women can't stand it, but all the men are rapt in attention. After all, accounting can take a break, but iron ore can't! From here we see a pretty good overview of how Iron ore is taken out of The Land and used. I guess during this time there was great concern about the lack of quality iron ore left in the strip mines and about the weather concerns. Iron Ore guy brushes those concerns off, and tells us even if there isn't high quality ore left, there's always the MEDIUM quiality ore. Very interesting artificact to be sure.
(Reviewer: Spuzz) - Location
- A/V room, 2/F