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Handy (Jam) OrganizationIron Country: Iron Ore and Minnesota's Future (1952)

Produced to reassure Minnesotans that iron mining would continue to spur economic development.


This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives

Producer: Handy (Jam) Organization
Sponsor: Lake Superior Industrial Bureau
Audio/Visual: Sd, C
Keywords: Mining; Minnesota; Sustainability

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: WhiteWall - - June 4, 2006
Subject: Bob Dylan's Hometown
This probably would have been a pretty boring little film for me except that it turns out the town of Hibbing is featured begining at around minute 6 and shows a view of the towns main street and the Hull Rust Mahoning Mine which is there in Hibbing. Hibbing is the hometown of the musician Bob Dylan. I found that really interesting as there's not alot of info available on the small town especially from around that time. I'm guessing young Bob must've been around 11 years old then and his father owned an electrical appliance store there.

Reviewer: Spuzz - - September 8, 2003
Subject: Watch out for the well dressed men at Minnesota fairs!
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 all, accounting can take a break, but iron ore can't! From here we see a pretty good overview of how Iron ore is taken out of The Land and used. I guess during this time there was great concern about the lack of quality iron ore left in the strip mines and about the weather concerns. Iron Ore guy brushes those concerns off, and tells us even if there isn't high quality ore left, there's always the MEDIUM quiality ore. Very interesting artificact to be sure.

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Stock shots:
Sign: STATE FAIR; terrific footage of rides; People dressed in Hawaiian costumes; crowds milling; circus; signs; hawker; Ferris wheel; balloon; displays of agricultural equipment; map of Minnesota with agricultural and mining and manufacturing icons superimposed; booths at fair; child


IRON STATES MINNESOTA GREAT LAKES LAKE SUPERIOR STEEL ORE MINERALS METALS ECONOMICS NATURAL RESOURCES