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[Dynamite: Blast Ice-Choked River to Halt Canada Floods]
Series title:[Universal Newsreel]Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1950Item number (ISN):187404Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:UNITED STATES. NATIONAL ARCHIVES & RECORDS ADMINISTRATIONAccession:1981-0144Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1950Production company:Universal PicturesDescription:The military is brought in to blast an ice-jammed river near Medicine Hat, Alberta. Included: extreme long shot of men on a frozen river; medium shot of soldiers stacking cases of dynamite; soldiers lowering a case of explosives into a crevice in the ice; close-up of a fuse being lit; long shot of a very large explosion; case of dynamite being lowered into a hole in the ice; a close-up of a soldier talking on a portable radio; long shot of an explosion; medium shot of the river with ice slabs floating downstream. <61>Language:MuteOriginal number:Vol. 24~Rel. 446Detailed holdings information: -
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