NFB Collection
Men and Mechanization
195829 min 30 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Donald Fraser
Production: David Bairstow
A study of the development of mechanization from the time the wheel was invented. The film reviews advances made in Canadian industry up to the newest phase--automation. Discussion is from two points of view; that of labour, by Dr. Eugene Forsey of the Canadian Labour Congress, and that of industry, by J. Herbert Smith of the Canadian General Electric Company.
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Subject categories
- Technology > AutomationHistorical PerspectivesTechnology and Society
- Work and Labour Relations > Automation and Technological ChangeHistorical Perspectives
- Industry and Commerce > Industrial Development
Credits
- director
- Donald Fraser
- producer
- David Bairstow
- photography
- John Foster
- sound
- Michel Belaieff
- Claude Pelletier
- editing
- Stephen Timar
- sound editing
- Victor Merrill