STK-ID 2337

Various shots of processing operations showing workers in overalls in hangar cobbing by hand, crushing in crusher. PAN of huge shed containing 50,000 tons of asbestos. Various shots of fibrous asbestos being dumped in crusher, of chromic iron being removed with magnets, of asbestos being separated from rock by air suction, of asbestos being cobbed by hand, graded in small screen boxes. CUs of fibrous asbestos, of rock with asbestos strata.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Asbestos Mining in Quebec
Location
Quebec (province)
Year
1920
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Digital Bétacam, Reel 35 mm, Digital Video Disk
Shooting format
35mm fine grain b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3
Available resolutions
720 x 486