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Canada Vignettes: Flin Flon

Name: Canada Vignettes: Flin Flon
Released: Nov. 14, 2011, 2:40 p.m.
Duration: 3 min

Tina Horne

1978 | 3 min

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This short documentary vignette reveals the curious origin of the name of Flin Flon, Manitoba.

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Credits

director

Tina Horne
producer

Ann Pearson
executive producer

Kathleen Shannon
camera

Don Virgo
sound editing

Jackie Newell
narrator

Michael Kane
cast

David Bairstow

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I understand :)
smelterrat, 5 Dec 2011
I was born in Flin Flon in the middle of WWII. Zinc for the war effort. Save your silver paper gum wrappers for the war effort. Sewer box tobogann runs. No one would understand. Phantom Lake and porcupines in the back yard. Smelter Smoke!
Jakespeare, 30 Nov 2011