Coal Face, Canada

Edmonds, Robert, (film director.). McInnes, Graham, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa), (film producer.).

Summary: A young man, discharged from the army, returns to his coal town. As he wanders the streets, he sees that life remains much as he left it. He takes a room with a miner who had known his father and who recalls the tragedy of his death in the mines. When the young dischargee attends a union meeting he hears the labourers speak of their relation to the war effort and, realizing the importance of coal to victory, he joins a night shift and goes to work in the mine.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (20 min., 00 sec.) : sound, black and white
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019.
Copyright: ♭1943

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Robert Edmonds ; producer, Graham McInnes ; camera, Joseph Braun ; sound, Gordon Fraser ; editing, Helen Lewis ; music, Louis Applebaum.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1943.
Target Audience Note:	14-16.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).