Out of the Depths The Miner's Story /

Danger has always surrounded the coal miner's profession, but in the early years of the Colorado coal fields, it was almost as risky for a worker to stay above ground and face the wrath of the company as it was to toil in the tunnels below. This Bill Moyers program presents the memories of the...

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Other Authors: Moyers, Bill D., Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., Sunrise Media LLC.
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2010], c1984.
Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (56 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Series: A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers.
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Table of Contents:
  • Miner's Story: Film Prelude (2:10)
  • Men and Boys in the Coal Mines (3:42)
  • Immigrant Mine Workers (4:03)
  • Coal Mining: Industrial Feudalism (2:43)
  • Coal Mining: Women's Story (2:23)
  • Mining: Then and Now (2:36)
  • Coal Mines: Importance of Mules (3:04)
  • Coal Mines: Working Conditions (3:07)
  • Coal Mining Dangers (4:37)
  • Miners Organize and Strike (4:51)
  • Heroine of the Labor Movement (5:07)
  • Miners vs. Militia (4:51)
  • Coal Mining Wars: Women and Children (3:27)
  • Aftermath of a Massacre (2:21)
  • No Company Concessions (4:35)
  • Credits: Out of the Depths: The Miners Story (1:25)