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High Steel (1966)

High Steel poster
Directed by
Don Owen
Genre
documentary film
Country
Canada
Runtime
14 min
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This short documentary follows Mohawk ironworkers from Kahnawake as they build skyscrapers in New York City. It shows their work on high steel and their lives between jobs.

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What happens

High Steel is a 1965 short National Film Board of Canada documentary film directed by Don Owen about Mohawk Ironworkers from Kahnawake building New York City skycrapers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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