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This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
GREAT LAKES 1, THE Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The Great Lakes are ‘The Inland Seas of America’ which have a vast commerce in iron ores, grain, coal, and copper.” “The rock is crushed and the copper washed from the broken rock in this machine.” “More than three-fourths of our iron ore is mined in the Lake Superior region.” Mine - mine car hauled to top of building, dumped, goes back down. “An iron ore freighter with a cargo of 10,000 tons.” Freighters underway. “One giant freighter carries as much ore as all the boats of 1870.” Views aboard freighter. “Lake Superior is near the wheat fields and large elevators store the grain at Fort Arthur, Duluth, and Superior. Loading 210,000 bushels of wheat into a freighter.” “The first ‘Soo’ [Sault]Canal was built in 1855.” Canal lock. “The two United States ‘Soo’ Canals with the International Bridge in the background.” “Leaving the ‘Soo’ the freighter enters Lake Huron and passes historic Mackinac Island.” “Building a freighter in a Detroit shipyard.” Ship under construction, workers, “Its steel frame is covered with iron plates.” “Riveting the plates.” “Launching the boat sidewise.” “At the head of Lake Erie is Toledo on the Maumee River.” River, waterfront, bridge. “Three-fourths of the iron ore of Lake Superior goes to Lake Erie ports. Giant ore unloaders at Cleveland.” Huge cranes unload freighter. “Coal is the return cargo to Lake Superior. Each minute a car load is dumped into the freighter.” Freight cars are picked up and upended over hold of freighter by crane. “From Lake Erie flows the swift Niagara River.” “Niagara Falls consist of two great falls -- the American Falls.” “In winter the mist freezes.” Two men walk on snowy path - ice at the falls. “The Welland Canal has been constructed for boats going from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario.” Woman standing beside canal. “The St. Lawrence River connects Lake Ontario with the ocean.” River from boat. “The Great Lakes, first explored by the French, and later held by the British, have become a most important highway for an industrial and commercial empire.” “The End.” [1924]
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