| US COAL PROBLEMS Good shots of a Dakota mining town and coal miners at work. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6366 |
| Catalog #: | 53850 | |
| Clip Number: | 53850-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 38/18 | |
| Timecode: | 01:28:17 - 01:29:23 | |
| Location: | Dakota, West Virginia, United States of America. | |
| Year Shot: | 1938 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ECONOMICS: Price Control GREAT DEPRESSION: Conditions GREAT DEPRESSION: Recovery INDUSTRY/MINING: Coal LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, West Virginia | |
| Description: | "US COAL PROBLEMS". Dakota, West Virginia, United States of America. High angle L/S of a small mining town in Dakota. M/S of a car struggling along a very grooved and bumpy mud road past some shabby houses. A woman with a small dog sits on the steps of a house and peels a vegetable or fruit while her husband fixes some of the planks on their porch. Good for illustrating American depression era. Various shots of miners going to work down a coal mine, working on a seam down there, transporting coal on trains underground. Commentator talks of the 1937 Coal Act that fixes minimum prices for all grades of coal and has helped restore this industry to normal. General shots of the mine machinery above ground. | |
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