“ 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 company’s 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 1900’s automobile drives head-on 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