Life in a Mining Camp - 1921
The Moving Past
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3m 55s
The film follows two men, “Smith and Jones” who are working at a Toronto factory when it shuts down for the winter. They are soon hired at a mining camp, where working and living conditions appear to be easy and comfortable. The portrayal of the industry’s safe and easy conditions is comical to today’s viewer.
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