WWII - Color, 1944, USA Homefront: Story of Copper, A Pt. 1 of 3

WWII - Color, 1944, USA Homefront: Copper Mining Pt. 1 of 3 04:28:49 Molten copper, ingots past, smoke. 04:29:11 Small fire & cave man in furs grinding rocks by rubbing. Looks at colorful rock. Staged Egyptians smelting copper to make bronze. 04:30:16 Staged Greek in robes using copper pipe as coiled screw. Middle ages & monk. 04:30:40 Miner w/ pick, two pack burrows on hillside. 04:30:53 Various copper ore specimens labeled. 04:31:13 Mining plant in American Southwest; miners entering elevator; operator lowering, cable wound; miners descending in elevator cage. Off in shaft, onto train & POV thru tunnel. Men walking. 04:33:02 Animated cut-away diagram of mine of drifts extending. 04:33:16 Miners past on railroad tracks w/ ore carts. Air pump. Water draining into tunnel; view of pumping station. Miners drilling. 04:34:11 Animated diagram of drifts into geological formations. 04:34:20 Men removing drill bit & CU of diamond drill. Samples assayed w/ chemicals. 04:34:57 Men placing drilling rig called a Jumbo holds rig into place; men drilling w/ water pumped thru. Placing dynamite sticks, lighting, leaving blast area. Men loading small cart w/ mechanical shovel. Stope is being opened. Diagram illustrating a stope & refilling. 04:37:08 Large scraper used to move ore to chute; filling cars & moving to storage bins. Skips raising to surface & dumping. 04:37:53 Large shovel in open pit mine w/ trains. 04:38:16 Exploratory drills on desert hillside; large open pit mine w/ train moving. MS miners drilling on surface w/ churn drills preparing for blast. Removing mud for assaying. Continued... Phelps Dodge Corporation; 1940s; American Home Front, WW2; NOTE: Probably Morenci or Cooper Queen Mine. Any continuous 17 minutes of film on 3 cards sold at per reel rate.