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Empires of Industry : The Legacy of King Coal
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- Summary
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This program is a comprehensive chronicle of the coal industry, featuring extensive footage of coal mining through the years. Commentary by labor leaders, coal company presidents, and industrial hi...
This program is a comprehensive chronicle of the coal industry, featuring extensive footage of coal mining through the years. Commentary by labor leaders, coal company presidents, and industrial historians is featured.
Details
- Creator
- A&E Television Networks, LLC
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2010], c1997
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (45 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn858441037
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on December 02, 2010.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Closed-captioned.
- Origins of Coal (2:15) -- Early Coal Mining Tools (2:43) -- Coals Rise to Prominence (1:52) -- Coal Company Towns (2:12) -- Coal Strikebreakers (3:31) -- Industrial Barons (2:48) -- Coal Miner's Strike (4:43) -- Coal Tragedies (2:22) -- Anti Organized Labor (2:56) -- Ludlow Massacre (3:01) -- Coal Boom (2:14) -- Coal Workers' Union Progress (2:27) -- Hollow Victory for Coal Workers (3:15) -- Advancements in Coal Industry (2:25) -- Displacement of Miners (2:29) -- Changing Coal Industry (2:28) -- Credits: Empires of Industry: The Legacy of King Coal (1:43)