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1977 - Industrial Propaganda, Documentary: Strip Pits - Lakes For The Future

Reel Number: 221560-01

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1977

Country: USA

Location: Indiana

TC Begins: 07:01:03

TC Ends: 07:13:49

Duration: 00:12:46

Sunrise over lake, two fishermen in canoe casting Title: Strip Pits: Lakes For The Future? Presented by Peabody Coal Company & Gapen’s World of Fishin’ 07:01:49 Man in rowboat unhooks bass (?) & releases. Rowing. Others in canoes & rowboats fishing & releasing. Man w/ small electric outboard. 07:04:37 Bees on wild flowers. Experimental reclamation project done w/ state. 07:05:18 Large sign: Greene-Sullivan State Forest Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources. Women in aluminum folding chairs watching fishing from bank. Grandfather fishing as grandson plays. Kid casting; another sitting. 07:06:41 Red Man chewing tobacco package on boat seat & man putting chew into mouth. Man lands fish & releases. More views of coves, fishermen. MCU of fish, fishermen. 07:11:00 Underwater shot with moss & grass, murky. Large fish seen just beneath surface seen from above. Men napping in boat. Return to fishing. End Credits. Public Relations Film; Strip Mining; Recreation; Ecology; Leisure; 1970s; Industrial Propaganda;

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