- Title: F-5048
- Summary: MAN WITH A THOUSAND HANDS (PT.2): CONSTRUCTION IN NORTHERN CANADA WILDERNESS. THE STORY OF KITIMAT-KEMANO-NECHAKO
- Description:01:02:10 - BULLDOZER KNOCKING DOWN TREE STUMPS. 01:02:53 - MAN AT HIS TRUCK ON CB RADIO. RADIO STATION. MAN TALKS ON HAM RADIO. RADIO OPERATOR. IN ROOM FILLED WITH EQUIPMENT. ON TELEPHONE. COMMUNICATION 01:03:25 - WIND SOCK ON TOP OF BUILDING. TILT DOWN WORKERS MOVING EQUIPMENT ON FORKLIFT TRUCK. WAREHOUSE SIKORSKI HELICOPTERS LOADED UP. CU PROPELLERS START UP AND SPIN. FLIES OVERHEAD. 01:04:26 - POV IN HELICOPTER FLYING OVER MOUNTAINS. GLACIER. SNOWY LANDSCAPE. 01:05:43 - SIKORSKI HELICOPTER LANDS, DELIVERING SUPPLIES TO REMOTE AREA, TAKES OFF AGAIN. SHADOW ON SNOW. 01:05:50 - AERIAL OF RIVER. MOUNTAIN FOREST. OCEAN CHANNEL SMOKE SEEN FROM LAND. BURNING FOREST. LEVELING LAND. 01:06:09 - DUMP TRUCKS DRIVE PAST ON ROADS. 01:06:27 - ALUMINUM COMPANY OF CANADA SMELTER SITE PROJECT. KITIMAT. CEMENT TRUCKS LOAD UP. POURING CEMENT. FOUNDATIONS LAID DOWN. SLABS OF CEMENT. GIRDERS GOING UP. 01:07:21 - PAN ACRES OF RAPED WILDERNESS. DE-FORESTED. 01:07:34 - SMALL TOWN CHURCH, SCHOOL BUILDING. KIDS RIDE BIKES, NEW SUBURBIA. KITIMAT. 01:08:06 - PAN FOREST BURNED DOWN, SMOKE STILL RISING DEFORESTED FOR "PROGRESS" 01:08:17 - MAN WALKS BESIDE HUGE TREE TRUNKS THAT HAVE BEEN CUT DOWN. TREES FALL AS THEY ARE CUT DOWN. 01:08:37 - CU WRECKING BALL DRAGGED THROUGH FOREST KNOCKS HUGE AMOUNTS OF TREES DOWN. 01:10:03 - HELICOPTER AERIAL AROUND MOUNTAIN BRITISH COULMBIA 01:10:27 - MOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION SITE, TRACTORS. MEN USING PICK AXES IN MINE. TRACTORS PUSHING DIRT. A MAN WITH A MACHINE HAS A THOUSAND HANDS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1955
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-5048