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Asbestos - A Matter Of Time
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keywords: asbestos, mining, industrial manufacturing, open pit mining
Synopsis: We now know that Asbestos products are actually highly toxic and hazardous to health of humans and animals alike but in the 1950's it was considered a wonder mineral for industry as Asbestos is an effective insulator and can be mixed with other materials to make them stronger. In this title we learn about the unusual qualities of Asbestos and how it mined for industry...(read more)
- Date: 1959
- Duration: 00:20:17
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States, Canada
Asbestos - A Matter Of Time 1959
Using animation of lightning, wind, storms, and violent forces within the earth, this film explains the geological history of earth and the formation of asbestos. Explains the unusual qualities of asbestos that man cannot duplicate. Low aerial view of the world's largest asbestos mine, the Jeffrey Mine, at Asbestos, Canada. The Jeffery mine is a huge open pit mine sing blasting, large shovels, and large ore hauling trucks.
Animation is used to explain the block carving, underground, method of mining asbestos. Miners working in mining tunnels and leaving mind elevator at end of shift. Shows how the mineral is processed and a detailed examination of how the fiber is milled and undergoes its change from crude ore to refined fiber and the significant role it plays in our lives. Illustrates the many uses of asbestos in construction of homes from concrete roofing tile re-enforced with asbestos, to outside wall siding to floor tile.
Women's hand as she uses an electric iron, little boy playing with an electric train. Construction company laying asbestos-cement pipe in a trench. A construction safety hazard of man working in deep trench without trench shoring to prevent cave-in of trench. Close-up front view of family of four riding in a convertible automobile or car. Vehicles on suburban highway, commuter bus approaches, stops to pick-up a passenger. Commercial jet passenger plane in flight 1958, close-up passenger train approaches, close-up as train cars pass by. Passenger cruise ship and interior spaces of ship. A cattle pen and hog pen, panning view of chemical plant, industrial plant, refinery, large compressors, pumps, shipyard cranes, re-roofing with felt paper and hot tar.
