High Steel

Duration: 15

Year Published: 1965

Creator: NATL. FILM BOARD OF CANADA

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: A Canadian Indian, one of a group of steel construction workers, talks of his work and his life. He is seen high on beams of a towering skyscraper, and with his team, as each carries out the special and sometimes dangerous functions of construction., Describes the work of Indians from the Caughnawaga Reserve in Quebec as they erect the skyscrapers of New York, showing how they rivet in place the ribs of steel that for the framework of the tallest buildings. Include views of the Indian community of Caughnawaga near Montreal., Describes the work of Indians from the Caughnawaga Reserve in Quebec as they erect the skyscrapers of New York, showing how they rivet in place the ribs of steel that form the framework of the tallest buildings. Includes views of the Indian community of Caughnawaga near Montreal.

Complete Record: A Canadian Indian, one of a group of steel construction workers, talks of his work and his life. He is seen high on beams of a towering skyscraper, and with his team, as each carries out the special and sometimes dangerous functions of construction., , Describes the work of Indians from the Caughnawaga Reserve in Quebec as they erect the skyscrapers of New York, showing how they rivet in place the ribs of steel that form the framework of the tallest buildings. Includes views of the Indian community of Caughnawaga near Montreal. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.