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Empires of Industry The Legacy of King Coal  Cover Image E-video E-video

Empires of Industry The Legacy of King Coal

Summary: 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.

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  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (45 min.) : sd., col.
    remote
    electronic resource (video)
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2010], c1997.

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General Note:
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.
Formatted Contents Note: 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)
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
Target Audience Note:
10 & up.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:
Title from distributor's description.
Subject: Coal mines and mining -- United States -- History
Coal trade -- United States -- History
Management
Genre: Educational films.
Internet videos.
Videorecording.
Topic Heading: Films on Demand > Business and Economics Collection

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