CHALLENGE IN THE EARTH ASARCO MINING CO. 75th ANNIVERSARY FILM COPPER ZINC MINES XD43254

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films Visit Visit our website This 1974 color industrial film from ASARCO the American Smelting and Refining Company uses documentary footage, staged historical scenes, and song to tout the companys diverse holdings while attempting to counter environmentalist critics (TRT 30:26). Pan across the streets of Old Tucson, a facsimile of an old western town (0:07). An early Ford Model T type 1900s automobile drives headon at the camera (0:36). Townsfolk marvel at the car from every angle (0:48). A woman carries an oil lamp down a darkened staircase, then turns on an electric ceiling lamp (1:19). Black and white montage of women at work. Washing, ironing, vacuuming, operating a switchboard (1:45). Men on an auto assembly line (2:01). The green treetops of a Colorado mountain range (2:07). Titles overlaid (30:26). A smoky forest. Cowboys walk from silhouette into darkness (2:49). An illustra