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Northland (1942)

Northland poster
Directed by
Ernest Borneman
Genre
documentary film
Country
Canada
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This short documentary follows miners as they go about their daily routines. It shows the conditions and work involved in mining life in Canada.

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What happens

Northland is a brief (approximately 20 minutes running time) 1942 Canadian documentary film on the life of miners, which was directed by the expatriate German crime writer, jazz critic, jazz musician, and sexologist Ernest Borneman. It is a production of the National Film Board of Canada. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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