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The Story of Dynamite

National Archives and Records Administration

Education

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About

Department of the Interior. Bureau of Mines. Pittsburgh Experiment Station. (1934 - 01/19/1975)

ARC Identifier 12439 / Local Identifier 70.116 1925

The Story of Dynamite

Reel 1 shows the manufacture of dynamite and its principle ingredient, nitroglycerin. Powdered and gelatin dynamite are mixed and packaged for use. Reel 2, dynamite is tested in laboratories and packed for shipment. Shows many scenes of dynamite being used in coal mining; iron mining; railroad construction (including the Moffat Tunnel in Colorado); and clearing tree stumps, ice, building, and obstructions in Hell Gate Channel, New York City.

DVD Copied by Liz Pruszko.

Archive
Internet Archive, in FedFlix: US government films
Licence or status
CC0 1.0, as the Internet Archive states it.
Credit
National Archives and Records Administration
Language
English
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