| Coal Mining on a Budget aka "Steal This Coal Mine" | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1782 |
| Catalog #: | 501171 | |
| Clip Number: | 501171-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | HFR-SFL-35-098 | |
| Timecode: | 01:31:12 - 01:31:43 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1930 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY/MINING: Coal LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA OCCUPATIONS: Miner | |
| Description: | Master 1782 - Tape 1 LS crude coal mine & wood scaffolding. TLS white men working sluice-like coal chutes outside mine. Nice rear view MS three white male coal miners crammed into small, homemade wood cart entering coal mine; MS shirtless muscular white man leaning from jalopy car & holding cable attached to descending mine cart (rear wheel is used as a crude winch); CU "winch." MS white man dumping barrel of raw coal down chute. TLS white men shoveling coal along chute & onto truck. MS two white boys shoveling coal (child labor). TLS white men shoveling coal onto payload of truck. MS two white men climbing out of cart. VO: "Today the business of stealing coal has become a community enterprise. 25,000 men organized in crews of 4-12, using crude but effective homemade machinery, bring the coal to the surface. Other workers, both young & old, prepare it for market for $2-3 less per ton than legally mined coal." | |
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