Iron Country Iron Ore and Minnesotas Future (1952)
1952 · Ephemeral film · 22 min
Synopsis
Produced to reassure Minnesotans that iron mining would continue to spur economic development.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Released
- 1952-01-01
- Running time
- 22 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0058_Iron_Country_Iron_Ore_and_Minnesotas_Future
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Watch out for the well dressed men at Minnesota fairs! · Spuzz · 2022-06-27
Quite interesting overview of why Iron ore is sooo important to Minnesotans. An interesting prologue and genesis to this story is set during a county fair setting (with scary looking rides). An anncountant is there with his family, which the narrarator says "Has forgotten for now, the ledgers piled high on his desk" Same goes for the salesman and his family. I guess they need to be totally free of mind for the Iron Ore guy, who goes on and on during a lunch time chat about why Iron ore is so important for Minnesota that the women can't stand it, but all the men are rapt in attention. After…