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The mine wars / [dvd videorecording]

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: AMX62802 | PBS160525 | PBSLanguage: English Original language: English Publisher: [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Edition: WidescreenDescription: 1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781627895972
  • 1627895973
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 622/.33409754 23
LOC classification:
  • HD8039.M62 U644453 2016
  • TN805.W4 M56 2016
Production credits:
  • Cinematography by Stephen McCarthy ; edited by Mark Dugas ; consultant, James Green ; original music, P. Andrew Willis.
Narrator, Michael Murphy ; commentators, James Green, Doug Estepp, Rosemary Feurer, Thomas Andrews, Denise Giardina.Summary: At the beginning of the 20th century, coal was the engine of American industrial progress. Nearly three quarters of a million men across the country spent ten or twelve hours a day underground in coal mines. The Mine Wars brings to life the struggle that turned the coalfields of southern West Virginia into a blood-soaked war zone where basic constitutional rights and freedoms were violently contested.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This history documentary takes a look at the coalmines across America at the turn of the 20th century, analyzing the human rights violations that occurred at the cost of the coal boom. ~ Daniel Gelb, Rovi

"Subtitles are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions"--Container.

Documentary.

"Based in part on the book The devil is here in these hills by James Green."

Produced as an episode of the television series: American experience on January 26, 2016.

Running time indicated on container: approximately 120 min.; actual running time: 114 min.

Cinematography by Stephen McCarthy ; edited by Mark Dugas ; consultant, James Green ; original music, P. Andrew Willis.

Narrator, Michael Murphy ; commentators, James Green, Doug Estepp, Rosemary Feurer, Thomas Andrews, Denise Giardina.

At the beginning of the 20th century, coal was the engine of American industrial progress. Nearly three quarters of a million men across the country spent ten or twelve hours a day underground in coal mines. The Mine Wars brings to life the struggle that turned the coalfields of southern West Virginia into a blood-soaked war zone where basic constitutional rights and freedoms were violently contested.

TV Parental Guidelines rating: TV-PG (parental guidance suggested; this program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children).

DVD; NTSC; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround.

In English with optional English subtitles.

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