Out of the Fiery Furnace
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Out of the Fiery Furnace is a seven-part documentary series{{Cite web|url=http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/author.asp?id=3717|title=Ian Hore-Lacy - On Line Opinion Author|website=On Line Opinion|access-date=2016-04-30}}{{Cite journal|last1=Limited|first1=CRA|last2=Limited|first2=Conzinc Riotinto of Australia|date=1979-01-01|title=CRA LTD, CORPORATE RELATIONS SERVICES RECORDS|url=https://digitised-collections.unimelb.edu.au/handle/11343/66051}} which was completed for ABC television in Australia in 1983. The series traces the discovery and use of metals, minerals, and energy resources through time and was shown in over twenty countries.{{Cite web|url=http://www.uic.com.au/about.htm|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060306130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/11193/20060307-0000/www.uic.com.au/about.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2006-03-06|title=Uranium Information Centre|website=Uranium Information Centre|publisher=National Library of Australia|accessdate=2015-05-21}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} It was produced by Robert Raymond, was written by Robert Raymond and Michael Charlton{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/tv/show/158685/Out-of-the-Fiery-Furnace/credits|title=Out of the Fiery Furnace - Cast, Credits & Awards|last=|first=|work=The New York Times |date=|publisher=|accessdate=2015-05-21}} and was directed by Chris McCullough.{{Cite web|url=http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=%22robert%20Raymond%22%20%22fiery%20furnace%22;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10|title=NFSA - Title Details|website=colsearch.nfsa.gov.au|accessdate=2015-05-21}} Supported by the Rio Tinto group (via CRA Services Ltd){{Cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/20863441?q=%2522out+of+the+fiery+furnace%2522&c=music&sort=holdings+desc&_=1461986179128&versionId=25052470|title=From alchemy to the atom [videorecording] / Opus Films ; with the support of CRA Services Ltd. - Version details|website=Trove|access-date=2016-04-30}} it consisted of seven episodes, each an hour in duration. Australian nuclear power advocate Ian Hore-Lacy was closely involved with the production.
Episodes
- "From Stone to Bronze"
- "Swords and Plowshares"
- "Shining Conquests"
- "The Revolution of Necessity"
- "Into the Machine Age"
- "From Alchemy to the Atom"
- "The Age of Metals: Can it Last?"{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/tv/show/158685/Out-of-the-Fiery-Furnace/overview|title=Out of the Fiery Furnace - Series Overview|last=|first=|work=The New York Times |date=|publisher=|accessdate=2015-05-21}}
Broadcasts
Out of the Fiery Furnace premiered in the USA in 1986.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2453903/out_of_the_fiery_furnace_tv_documentary/|title=Out of the Fiery Furnace TV documentary premiere (1986) - on Newspapers.com|newspaper=The San Bernardino County Sun|date=7 October 1986 |page=42 |accessdate=2015-05-21}} In 1986 the series was used by the University of Pennsylvania as a teaching aid and was available to other American institutions via the PBS Adult Learning Center.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5103707/university_tunes_in_to_new_form_of/|title=University tunes in to new form of teaching, Out of the Fiery Furnace (1986) - on Newspapers.com|newspaper=Indiana Gazette|date=8 January 1996 |page=17 |access-date=2016-04-30}} It continued to air on television in the USA through the late 1980s (often during prime time){{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/69937459|title=2 Nov 1986, Page 43 - The Index-Journal at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|access-date=2016-04-30}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/64903031|title=21 May 1987, Page 86 - The San Bernardino County Sun at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|access-date=2016-04-30}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1412139|title=8 Nov 1987, Page 54 - The Salina Journal at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|access-date=2016-04-30}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/14383419|title=30 Jan 1988, Page 9 - Tyrone Daily Herald at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|access-date=2016-04-30}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1116587|title=20 Aug 1989, Page 52 - The Salina Journal at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|access-date=2016-04-30}} and early 1990s including on cable channel TLC in 1993{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/66766481|title=1 Aug 1993, Page 100 - Santa Cruz Sentinel at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|access-date=2016-04-30}} and 1994.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/14696641|title=28 Aug 2001, Page 49 - Indiana Gazette at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|access-date=2016-04-30}}
Book
The subject matter of the documentary series was covered in a book, also titled Out of the Fiery Furnace and also the work of Robert Raymond.Robert Raymond (1984) Out of the Fiery Furnace, The MacMillan Company of Australia Pty Ltd, Melbourne, {{ISBN|027100441X}}.{{Cite book |last=Raymond |first=Robert |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13158415 |title=Out of the fiery furnace : the impact of metals on the history of mankind |date=1986 |publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press |isbn=0-271-00441-X |location=University Park |oclc=13158415}}