Collection search - Alumina Jamaica = Jamaïque-Île d'un Nouveau Monde = [Around Shooters Hill = Aljam]

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Alumina Jamaica = Jamaïque-Île d'un Nouveau Monde = [Around Shooters Hill = Aljam]

Item number (ISN):

197164

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1955

Item number (ISN):

197164

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CRAWLEY FILMS LIMITED

Accession:

1983-0373

Media:

Film

Original title:

Alumina Jamaica

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1955

Release date:

1955

Production company:

English Version
Crawley Films Limited

Sponsor:

Aluminium Fiduciaries Limited

Description:

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Outlines the production of alumina from the raw material bauxite in Jamaica by the Alumina Jamaica company. The film begins with a brief history of Jamaica and mentions its three major resources; sugar, rum and bananas.~In 1942 the Jamaican government invited Canadian Company Aluminum Limited to carry out a geological survey. The company discovered great deposits of bauxite and built a specially designed plant near Mandeville to provide alumina for aluminum smelters in northern countries such as Canada, Norway and Sweden. Great quantities of power are required to turn alumina into aluminum and the Northern "swift water" countries have the hydroelectric plants necessary to provide such power.~The factory, Kirkvine Works, was the only company in the Caribbean to process bauxite on the spot. By the end of 1954 production reached nearly 200,000 tons of alumina annually. A harbour was created at Port Esquivel to accommodate exporting. In February of 1955 Princess Margaret visited the factory meeting with some of the workers.~The chemical processes bauxite endures before the alumina is extracted is shown along with the transfer of alumina from plant to ship. Once the aluminum is in liquid form it is poured into ingots and then shipped around the world, as the film says "Wherever there is progress in design and manufacture, there is the need for aluminium".~Alumina Jamaica's financial input into the community is outlined. The company acquired 170 acres of citrus groves employing 500 and promoted the rare ortanique, a cross between an orange and a tangerine. The company also administers thousands of acres of pastureland for cattle. <19mn 19s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Additional information on this film may be available in the production file (Manuscript Division MG 28 III 99, Volume 18).~2. [Around Shooters Hill] and [Aljam] are working titles that appear in some Crawley documentation.~3. British expressions such as "aluminium" for aluminum and "lorry" for truck are used throughout the film.~4. For related titles, see A RIVER CREATES AN INDUSTRY Main IDC (ISN 196283).

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

196716

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-0692/001
8330-0692/002

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Technical description:

POS

Max. shrinkage:

0.7%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

196723

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-0692/005

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Max. shrinkage:

0.4%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

196724

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-0692/006

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

POS

Max. shrinkage:

0.3%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

196726

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-0692/007

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

POS

Max. shrinkage:

0.4%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

196728

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-0692/100

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.3%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

196729

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

8330-0692/300
8330-0692/301

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

456661

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2008-07-0060

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

775596

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

197164-001.WAV
197164-002.WAV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

8330-0692/300
8330-0692/301

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

982263

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2008-07-0041

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

9703-0101
8711-0221
8711-0222
8711-0223
8330-692/100
8605-0117
7710-0216
7707-0045
7707-0046

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2008-07-0060

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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