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Eye Witness No. 81

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1955 11 min
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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. School for Frogmen: Officers and men of the Royal Canadian Navy's Operational Diving Unit at Halifax undergo rigorous training courses to equip them for sub-surface duties.

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Eye Witness No. 81

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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. School for Frogmen: Officers and men of the Royal Canadian Navy's Operational Diving Unit at Halifax undergo rigorous training courses to equip them for sub-surface duties.
National Security and Defence Mining Work and Labour Relations All subjects
  • director
    Alvin Goldman
    Hector Lemieux
  • producer
    Peter Jones
  • script
    Peter Jones
  • executive producer
    Nicholas Balla
  • camera
    Jack Long
    Hector Lemieux
  • sound
    Clarke Daprato
  • editing
    Tim Wilson
  • narrator
    William Bessey

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