The Story of Dynamite
1925 · National Archives and Records Administration (via FedFlix)
Finding US Government work
The record names a federal body as the creating agency: Department of the Interior. Bureau of Mines. Pittsburgh Experiment Station. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act).
The record names a federal body as the creating agency. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act). This says nothing about copyright outside the United States, or about music, stock footage or other material the film may incorporate.
- Creating body, as recorded
- Department of the Interior. Bureau of Mines. Pittsburgh Experiment Station
- National Archives Identifier
- 12439 (local identifier 70.116)
- Internet Archive item
- gov.archives.arc.12439 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
The record
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Department of the Interior. Bureau of Mines. Pittsburgh Experiment Station. (1934 - 01/19/1975) ARC Identifier 12439 / Local Identifier 70.116 1925 The Story of Dynamite Reel 1 shows the manufacture of dynamite and its principle ingredient, nitroglycerin. Powdered and gelatin dynamite are mixed and packaged for use. Reel 2, dynamite is tested in laboratories and packed for shipment. Shows many scenes of dynamite being used in coal mining; iron mining; railroad construction (including the Moffat Tunnel in Colorado); and clearing tree stumps, ice, building, and obstructions in Hell Gate Channel, New York City. DVD Copied by Liz Pruszko.