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Sinews of Industry

Accession number: 
1953.0004
Production Years: 
1953

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Film Properties: 
Length (feet): 
623 (16mm)
Length (minutes): 
17
Holding Institutions: 

Library and Archives Canada: 16mm.
"A film which features the production of metal cables for various uses."

Bibliography: 

"Business in Motion: Films of Current Interest," Canadian Business 26 (March 1953): 92.
"Wire is used in many of the articles we handle every day, and this film shows how it is made, what goes into it. Beginning with the mining of raw materials, it goes on to show in detail the various manufacturing processes, from casting of crude metal to the final product."

"Film Clips," Film News 13, no. 2 (1953): 14.
"Sinews of Industry (20 mins., color) records the manufacture of wire ranging in its size from smaller than a human hair to extra high voltage submarine cable. Tinning, stranding and insulating are shown; also the high voltage tests given each wire. Produced for the Canada Wire and Cable Co. by Crawley FIlms Ltd., Fairmont St., Ottawa, Ont., Canada."

Crawley Films, Free Films: Sources of Free 16mm Sponsored Films in Canada Compiled and Published by Crawley Films (Ottawa: Crawley Films, April 1969): 9.
"Manufacture of wire and cable and their many uses."