- Title: F-5066
- Summary: THE VALLEY THAT ALMOST DIED: PENNSYLVANIA COAL REGION RENEWAL CIRCA 1963. WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA. COAL TOWN. DEATH AND RENEWAL OF PENNSYLVANIA COAL TOWNS. NORTH EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
- Description:04:02:42 - PAN, MONTAGE PENNSYLVANIA COAL MINING TOWN, CIRCA 1963. ABANDONED COAL MINES. BUILDINGS GHOST TOWN, 04:04:30 - NARRATOR TALKS ABOUT DECLINE OF COAL, WILKES BARRE HIT HARD 04:05:18 - AERIAL OVER WILKES BARRE NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA 04:05:48 - WILKES BARRE CITY SCENES; CU URBAN TRAFFIC POLICEMAN. PEDESTRIANS, SHOPPING, STORES. 04:06:15 - MONTAGE MANSIONS, ESTATES. INTERIOR MANSION COAL BARONS HOME. 04:06:31 - MONTAGE WORKER'S HOMES MINERS COMPANY OWNED SHACKS 04:06:42 - CU SMOKE STACK, MONTAGE COAL MINING INDUSTRY. MINERS. 04:08:11 - ABANDONED COAL MINE, FACTORY BUILDINGS. CLOSED MINE. GHOST MINING TOWN. ABANDONED MACHINERY. 04:10:26 - OLD TIMER WALKING AROUND ABANDONED MINE. IS INTERVIEWED BY REPORTER ABOUT HIS COAL MINING CAREER 04:11:29 - SENIOR CITIZENS, OLD MEN SITTING ON PARK BENCHES 04:12:02 - WILKES COLLEGE, LIBERAL ARTS SCHOOL. OLD MANSIONS USED TO HOUSE THE COLLEGE. COLLEGE DEAN IS INTERVIEWED. 04:15:45 - LABOR MANAGEMENT CITIZENS COMMITTEE DINNER & DISCUSSION 04:17:33 - EXTERIOR WILKES COLLEGE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SERVICES BUILDING 04:17:41 - PIPE SMOKING ACADEMIC TALKING ABOUT HELPING THE COMMUNITIES INDUSTRIAL CLIMATE 04:19:50 - EXTERIOR MONTAGE WILKES BARRE COLLEGE BUILDINGS 04:20:02 - INTERIOR, SCIENCE BUILDING. CONDUCTING STUDIES CU ELECTRIC WAVES ON SCREEN 04:20:41 - AERIAL OVER RURAL PENNSYLVANIA 04:20:52 - CU SIGN "CRESTWOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK". MONTAGE CRESTWOOD PARK COMPANIES; DANA, EBERHARD FABER. 04:21:14 - CU SIGN "RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA". RCA PANS TO RCA BUILDING 04:21:22 - INTERIOR RCA, EMPLOYEES WORKING. 04:22:10 - WILKES COLLEGE, ECONOMIST HERMAN OTTO, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RESEARCH CENTER SPEAKING ON WILKES BARRE & PENNSYLVANIA'S ECONOMIC FUTURE. ECONOMY 04:24:00 - URBAN PENNSYLVANIA CIRCA 1963. PEDESTRIANS, CARS, BUSES. TALKING TO CITIZENS IN DOWNTOWN WILKES BARRE. OVERWEIGHT WOMEN 04:25:46 - WILKES BARRE MONTAGE, WILKES COLLEGE, COMMUNITY DINNER. COLLEGE LEADERS. CRESTWOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK. 04:26:38 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1963
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: F-5066