FT-16 Sydney steel plant/Farmers Picnic, Mira, ca. 1945

Film transfers completed in 1985 of ca. 1945 film footage of Sydney steel plant, followed by scenes from a Farmers Picnic held in Jim MacDonald's Field, Mira. Piper Joe Hugh MacIntyre featured playing at the picnic.

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At the 7:00 mark there is a good view of No. 26 colliery in Glace Bay.

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Sydney was once called the Pittsburgh of the north.

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Its a bit eerie without sound