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A River Creates an Industry : The Saguenay River Aluminum Production in Canada = [Saguenay]

Item number (ISN):

196283

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1955

Item number (ISN):

196283

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CRAWLEY FILMS LIMITED

Accession:

1983-0373

Media:

Film

Original title:

A River Creates an Industry : The Saguenay River Aluminium Production in Canada

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1955

Release date:

1955

Production company:

Crawley Films Limited

Sponsor:

Aluminium Limited

Description:

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An overview of the hydroelectric projects located along the Saguenay River flowing from Lake St. John and running off the St. Lawrence, and the aluminum produced using the electricity created at these power-houses.~The film begins with the history of the river from the days of explorers and fur traders using the Saguenay as a highway, to the arrival of pulp and paper mills fed by the forests along its shore.~The discovery of the mineral "bauxite", the raw material from which aluminum is extracted, in African mines influenced the history of the river. Scientists found a way to separate the metal from bauxite by chemically processing it, a procedure requiring great quantities of electricity. Water was considered the cheapest source of power and the river was dammed to store and control it.~The first power-house built on the Saguenay was at Isle Maligne and had a capacity of 540,000 horsepower. Next were the two dams of the Shipshaw Development 40 miles down the river. By 1953 the last of the installations was completed providing a total capacity of more than 2.5 million horsepower.~The largest smelter in the world at the time was at Arvida, linked by 20 miles of rail and road to Port Alfred. Each day the smelter at Arvida produces two million pounds of aluminum.~The following quotes illustrate the tone and attitude of this film, likely reflecting the times and the views of the sponsor, towards nature. "Where once were only rocks and wilderness, the great concrete structures now add their own distinctive style and character to the age-old face of the valley.", and "This then is the wealth of the Saguenay.... Now the surging river is controlled. Transformers rise where once tall trees were felled. Great smelters and a modern city stand where once was wilderness... The destiny of a valley and its people has been fulfilled ... a river has created an industry." <17mn 30s>

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 20).~2. [Saguenay] was a working title which appears in some Crawley documentation.~3. Animation sequences include maps of the area and diagrams of the hydroelectric projects.~4. "Aluminium" is the British spelling of "aluminum".~5. See also ISN 196557 for T.V. version.

Technique:

ANIMATION

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

195878

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-0725/001
8330-0725/002

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Technical description:

POS

Max. shrinkage:

1.0%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

195879

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-0725/003

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:

195880

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

8330-0725/004

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

195881

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

8330-0725/300
8330-0725/301

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

775605

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

196283-001.WAV
196283-002.WAV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

8330-0725/300
8330-0725/301

Status:

MASTER
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