| U.S. COAL MINES Item showing American coal mines, plus housing and healthcare for the miners. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 7890 | |
| Catalog #: | 19674 | |
| Clip Number: | 19674-3 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 1639 G | |
| Timecode: | 01:36:24 - 01:40:27 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1947 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY/MINING: Coal LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA OCCUPATIONS: Miner | |
| Description: | MS miner with a dirty face takes a seat, doctor examines miner's throat. CU examination, miner smiles. MCU happier baby with curly hair seated on examining table. MS nurse turning the child on her back, doctor taps the child's back. MCU doctor examining the kid. MSs waiting room filled with mothers and one father with their babies. Exterior LS of new house built for miners, two kids stand on the front porch. Brief LS of coal mining complex. LS new house for miners, very stagy scene as miner's family walks out on the front porch to say goodbye before work, neighbors start coming out of the wood-work and walk past the house as the miner kisses his wife. TLS miner and his family step onto front porch, people pass by in the foreground, miner shows his wife the newspaper, he gives her a kiss, grabs his lunchbox and head off to work. MS miner showing his wife the newspaper while on the front porch, miner kisses his wife and grabs his lunchbox, he is off to work, actors have no expressions on their faces. Several nice traveling shots past new houses in the mining community, houses are built below a steep cliff lined with trees. Traveling shot past small grocery store in mining town. Traveling shot of residential street in the mining community. Nice high angle LSs of coal community campus nestled below mountains. Nice high angle LS of kids running along sidewalk between houses. | |
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