- Title: F-6607
- Summary: POWER UNLIMITED: COAL MANUFACTURING. BITUMINOUS COAL. COAL MINING. COAL TOWNS. INDUSTRY.
- Description:00:00:09 - HUGE COAL TRAIN YARD, FREIGHT RAILROAD GONDOLA CARS FILLED WITH COAL. COAL CARS 00:00:49 - COAL PROCESSING PLANT, MONTAGE HEAPS OF COAL BEING POURED, SORTED, PROCESSED IN BINS 00:01:16 - MONTAGE APPALACHIAN HILLS. BITUMINOUS COAL LAYERS SEEN IN MOUNTAINS 00:01:53 - GEOLOGISTS STUDYING ROCK IN LAB, CU FOSSILIZED FRAGMENTS AS SEEN THRU MAGNIFYING GLASS. CU GEOLOGIST MINERALOGIST HANDLING PIECE OF COAL ROCK 00:02:19 - VARIOUS ANGLES WORKER PLUMING THE EARTH WITH A MASSIVE AUGER, LOOKING FOR COAL 00:02:46 - MONTAGE COALIERY, MINERS, MINING TOWN 00:02:57 - MS MINERS LIFTING BUCKETS CARRYING DIRTY COAL CLOTHES UP TO THE CEILING ROOF 00:03:07 - MINER PREPARING FOR WORK, CU ATTACHING MINERS LAMP ONTO HELMET 00:03:23 - MONTAGE MINERS CIRCA 1955 GOING INTO MINES IN COAL BINS COAL CARS 00:03:52 - INTERIOR COAL MINE, PROCESS OF EXCAVATING COAL EXTRACTING COAL, MINER SHOVING TNT DYNAMITE INTO WALLS, BLASTING THRU WALLS. MECHANIZED MACHINE FILLING MINE CAR WITH COAL 00:04:55 - MINERS ON LINE BUYING WAR BONDS AT BANK TELLERS WINDOW. CU $1000.00 WAR BOND. CU NAMES OF TOWNSPEOPLE SENT TO WAR, HONOR ROLL. 00:05:28 - MONTAGE FAMILY GRAVEYARDS CEMETERY, HATFIELD OF FAMLIY FEUD FAME 00:05:42 - LS PAN COAL TOWN. MINING TOWN 00:05:55 - MONTAGE LIFE IN COAL MINING TOWN, ROW OF HOUSES, MOTHERS & CHILDREN ON PORCH, WOMEN IRONING, SEWING, WASHING CLOTHES, GARDENING, BLACK & WHITE MINING FAMILIES 00:06:39 - MINER'S FAMILY HAVING DINNER, RELAXING AFTER DINNER, WIFE SEWING, HUSBAND READING, KIDS PLAYING. QUALITY TIME. CU CHILDREN PRAYING AT BED TIME. YOUNG ONE NODDING OUT 00:07:11 - EXTERIOR MINING TOWN SCHOOL, INTERIOR STUDENTS IN CLASSROOM TEACHER WRITING ON CHALK BOARD. EDUCATION. 00:07:22 - CHILDREN, TEENS, RESIDENTS AT SWIMMING POOL IN MOUNTAINS. DIVING OFF DIVING BOARDS 00:07:30 - MINING TOWN SHOP, COMPANY STORE PURCHASING SUPPLIES MERCHANDISE 00:07:45 - COMPANY BEAUTY PARLOR, WOMEN HAVING THEIR HAIR DONE. HAIR CUT. HAIR STYLED 00:07:55 - MONTAGE ABANDONED MINING TOWN, DAISY, WEST VIRGINIA. BARE HILLSIDE. NEW ARRIVALS, POOR FAMILY ON PORCH, MOTHER FEEDING CHICKENS. MOTHER WASHING CLOTHES WHILE FATHER SMOKES PIPE. PREACHER READING BIBLE CHILDREN PLAYING WITH TIRES, RING-AROUND-THE-ROSIE 00:08:40 - HORSE PULLING MINING CAR FROM MINES, ONE EYE COVERED. EXCAVATING & PROCESSING COAL 00:09:28 - LARGE SCALE STRIP MINING, OPEN PIT, HUGE CRANE SHOVELING OFF TOP OF OVERBURDEN, HUGE STREET SWEEPER. 00:11:00 - RAILROAD COAL CARS COAL TRAINS RAILWAYS 00:11:14 - TOLEDO, OHIO. GIANT MACHINERY DUMPING LOADS OF COAL ONTO FREIGHT SHIPS, LAKE VESSELS RIVER BARGE 00:11:48 - COLLIERY ON RIVERBANK, COAL BEING DUMPED INTO COAL CARS ON RIVER BARGES 00:12:04 - LS PAN INDUSTRIAL VALLEY PLANT ON RIVER BANK CLARITON PLANT OF U. S. STEEL. MASSIVE BITUMINOUS COAL RUN PLANT. BAKING COAL IN AIR TIGHT OVENS RED HOT MOLTEN COKE 00:13:45 - LS CLEAR TABLE FILLED WITH ITEMS MADE OF PLASTIC FROM COAL TOOTHBRUSHES TO FURNITURE. SHOES, RECORDS, MIRRORS, WASHBOARD, TELEPHONE, BELT PRODUCTS MADE FROM BAKELITE 00:14:44 - PHARMACY SHELVES FILLED WITH PRODUCTS MADE FROM SULFA. DRUGS, MEDICINES, ASPIRINS 00:15:13 - PAN VANITY PRODUCTS, NYLONS, POWDERS, SOAPS, RINSES, FACE CREAMS, MAKE UP, ROBES, CLOTHING MANNEQUIN, DISPLAY LEG 00:15:59 - MONTAGE COAL MANUFACTURING, INDUSTRIAL WEAPONS PLANT
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1955
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-6607