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Camera on Labour No. 2 / directed by: Tim Wilson, Alvin Goldman ; produced by: Peter Jones, Nicholas Balla ; production agency: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal).

Wilson, Tim, (film director.). Goldman, Alvin, (film director.). Jones, Peter, (film producer.). Balla, Nicholas, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary:

Unions Build Low Rent Housing: Autumn-winter construction of Ottawa's Mooretown housing development, brain-child of the local council of the Trades and Labor Congress, eliminates seasonal unemployment for bricklayers, plasterers and carpenters. New Life for Ghost Town Miners: Aided by the provincial government, jobless mine workers of Alberta move from Nordegg and other abandoned coal mining areas to obtain new work elsewhere in Canada.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video (10 min., 00 sec.) : sound, black and white
  • Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2022.

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:
No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director, Tim Wilson, Alvin Goldman ; producer, Peter Jones ; executive producer, Nicholas Balla ; photography, Lorne C. Batchelor, Jack Long ; sound, George Croll ; editing, Marion Meadows.
Participant or Performer Note:
Narrator, William Bessey.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded 1956.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).
Subject: Public housing > Ottawa (Ont.)
Abandoned coal mines > Alberta.
Career changes > Alberta.
Genre: Documentary films.
Newsreels.
Topic Heading: National Film Board > National Film Board Collection


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