Generator 4

  • Documentary
1/1/1956
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Storyline

A BAFTA award nominated Canadian documentary about the building of the fourth generator building at Kitimat, British Columbia and the aluminium smelters it will supply.

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      • Geronimo1967

        This is a rather picturesque but dry documentary about the construction of a generator in the Canadian wilderness that will augment three others buried deep inside the mountains and support the country's burgeoning aluminium industry. The plentiful aerial photography is impressive - of the natural features, the astonishing power lines that span this most hostile of terrains, and of the almost unnoticeable constructions that stretch some ¼ miles under the rock. The narration comes from the enthusiastic project manager - who likes superlatives, lists and big numbers! Everything about this project is grand scale and though we see nothing really of the construction and there's probably just a bit too much air travel, it's still quite an interes...

        February 15, 2024