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[Moose River Mine Disaster]

Item number (ISN):

19456

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1936-04-22

Item number (ISN):

19456

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION

Accession:

1979-0190

Media:

Film

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1936-04-22

Production company:

Fox Movietone News

Description:

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Newsreel story about the rescue of men trapped in the Moose River Mine in Nova Scotia. Footage shot by Paramount for this story shows: plane dropping material to aid in rescue; general shot of cave-in which caused the disaster; and rescue work; pan of cave-in; another angle titl and pan of fissure left by cave-in; several shots of men putting down steel pipes; withdrawing steel pipe after sending down message; Premier Angus L. MacDonald on the scene (wearing grey hat); close-up of Dr. Robertson's dog waiting patiently; several shots of Dr. Dr. Rankin shouting directions down pipe line; putting rubber hose down for pouring soups; long shot of crowd at top of pipeline; several shots of Mrs. Robertson, wife of one of the trapped men (she is wearing a light coat and black hat); shot of Mrs. Robertson and Mrs. Magill of Toronto conferring with mine officials; early dawn; miners cutting lumber and passing it to rescue shaft; three shots of wrecking shaft house to secure lumber for rescue work; men carrying lumber; preapring timber before passing it down; listening to trapped men over portable telephone set; two airplane shots o; another shot of miners entering rescue shaft; boiler arriving at mine pulled by tractor; pan of Moose River gold field; close-up, from left to right, of F.D. Henderson, mine manager, and J.P. Messerby, Deputy Inspector of Mines; doctors standing by; Dr. Rankin and Mr. H.R. Macdonald; group of miners riding a barrel into a shaft being sunk through solid rock (work on this was finally abandoned); officials at top of rescue shaft as crowd waits in background; three shots of Mrs. Robertson listening with earphones while Dr. Robertson speaks to her from the depths on the ninth day of his entombment.

Language:

Silent

Original number:

28-65

Notes:

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1. No title on film.~2. Similar footage to ISN 293531 but slightly different content.~3. Actuality footage over 50 years - copyright expired.~4. Source of subject description is Fox Movietone News camera's dope sheet, which indicates that the cameraman was from Paramount.
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Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2009-11-0002

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

The permission of the donor, Fox, is required to reproduce this material.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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