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SSM&S #1
ON00120 002-2-6-1 · Item · 1942
Part of Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited

Part one of a two part film of the 2nd Battalion, Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury Regiment (Reserve) in training at Minnow Lake in Sudbury, Ontario.

00:00 The 2nd Battalion, S.S.M. & S. Regt. (Reserve) in training at Sudbury. In the year 1942, the people of The Sudbury district had become accustomed to the idea that the production of nickel was all important to the war endeavours of the United Nations. There were some too who realized that supplies of nickel could only go forward so long as no enemy action would interfere with the production plants. These men sought to contribute their share to the safety of the district and the country through the medium of the reserve army. Here they absorbed the lesson that directed organization and knowledge of weapons can make men into a power for defence. To satisfy the industrial effort, the customary schedule of two weeks in a summer military camp was sacrificed and the same training carried out in a local camp without disturbance to the men’s working shifts. This innovation in training methods was a complete success and has set a precedent for the war years. Added to the camp training, weekend tactical schemes were performed throughout the training year. The net result has been an infantry unit as inured to actual battle conditions as men engaged in industrial pursuits can be made.
01:53 Minnow Lake Camp: And the first grey of morning filled the east. And the fog rose out of the Oxus stream. But all the Tartar camp along the stream Was hush’d and still the men were plunged in sleep. – Arnold –
02:45 In the lines
03:16 A soldier’s tent
03:31 The pipe band will play the troops to the parade ground
03:51 “Markers!”
04:09 “Outwards Turn!”
04:26 “On Parade!”
04:57 “Markers, Fall in!”
05:11 “Parade, Steady!”
05:17 “Slope Arms!”
05:34 “All present and correct Sir!”
05:54 “Carry on with the syllabus!”
06:21 Pile arms
06:39 Bombing Practice
07:28 Respirator drill
08:19 Loading and unloading by numbers.
09:31 In Out! In Out! Pass through
09:58 The controlled charge
10:27 Over the obstacles
10:42 Bren Gun instruction
11:14 Preparing for parade
11:31 Too many Vitamines [sic]
11:48 That eager look when cookhouse sounds
12:27 Officers Mess
12:55 “All night long the brose was going and the pipes changing hands.” – Stevenson –
13:28 Some of the visiting staff.
13:43 Part 2 to follow.
13:47 End.

Falcona Beach 1942
ON00120 002-2-2-2 · Item · 1942
Part of Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited

One film of Camp Falcona at Trout Lake, 26 miles north-west of Falconbridge, Ontario.

00:00 Girls Canoe Drill.
01:11 Man Holding Caught Fish On Stick.
01:34 Girls Canoe Drill and Life Saving.
03:11 Docked Canoes.
03:21 Boat Arriving At Dock.
03:42 End.

Films
ON00120 002-2 · Series · 1939 - 1942
Part of Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited

Series contains twelve films created by Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited Department of Health Education.

Falconbridge Townsite #2
ON00120 002-2-1-3 · Item · 1939 - 1942
Part of Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited

One film of the Township of Falconbridge, Ontario.

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00:00 Edison Road into Falconbridge, Ontario
00:42 Corner of Edison Road and Lindsley Street in Falconbridge, Ontario
00:55 Five staff members of Falconbridge Nickel Mines (man on far right is Herbert Harvey)
01:06 Flower
01:26 Various houses in Falconbridge, Ontario
02:49 Wooden sidewalk in Falconbridge, Ontario
03:10 Flowers
03:47 A house in Falonbridge, Ontario
03:59 A man sitting in a flower garden
04:08 Various houses in Falonbridge, Ontario
04:37 A baby with a ball in Falonbridge, Ontario
04:47 “The Henry” - a single girls club where women resided during the war.
04:59 Various houses in Falconbridge, Ontario
05:56 Flowers
06:13 Various houses in Falconbridge, Ontario
06:50 Flowers
07:09 Barbra Craig with the Craig family’s maid in their gardens.
07:42 The greenhouse behind Bob Wilson’s house in Falconbridge, Ontario
07:57 Panorama of Falconbridge, Ontario
08:45 End

SSM&S #2
ON00120 002-2-6-2 · Item · 1942
Part of Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited

Part two of a two part film of the 2nd Battalion, Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury Regiment (Reserve) in training at Minnow Lake in Sudbury, Ontario.

00:00 A parade in Sudbury
00:51 The firing point
01:16 Inspection of targets
01:31 Five rounds rapid!
02:12 The trenches
03:22 The Bren in action
04:47 A sham battle in the open
06:22 An attack at dawn
06:46 Shell bursts
07:08 The advance is signaled.
07:19 The first objective is taken.
08:40 As daylight dawns, the pursuit continues.
09:06 A sniper
09:21 A mine clears the way
09:50 The staff reviews the action.
10:24 General inspection
10:42 The General arrives
11:04 General Constantine reviews the troops.
11:23 Those rifles were good
12:00 Companys [sic] in line
12:20 The bands
12:28 The General addresses the troops.
12:44 The march past
13:43 We must be free or die, who speak the tongue that Shakespeare spake – the faith and morals hold which Milton held. – Wordsworth –
13:58 End

ON00120 002-1-1-4 · Item · January 1941
Part of Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited

One print of four images of the surveying of raises at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario. The first image on the top left includes a surveyor with his camera to take pictures of the raise. The second image (top right) depicts a surveyor standing on a ladder using a camera to take pictures of the raise below him. The third image (bottom left) includes two surveyors ascending a ladder within the raise and the fourth image (bottom right) includes a surveyor using his camera to take pictures looking up the raise.