Miners’ Story, The Part 2 of 3

The Miners’ Story Part 2 of 3 WCAU-TV Philadelphia - Starring Jack Palance Interview w/ group of present-day miners who formed own company - employ last 18 miners working underground in valley. Underground shots - machine digger being operated - mine train - shots illustrating dangerous conditions - VO 284 miners killed in US previous year. 01:24:05 Miners interviewed re lucky escapes - one at kitchen table w/ wife who recalls husband’s accident ten years ago - worries whenever home late. PoV descending into mine. Underground shots - prising coal seams loose - laying dynamite charges. Mules pulling carts out of mine entrance, miner sitting on top. Miner in his 60s says grandfather killed in mine after working for 80 years - miner narrates over shots of colleagues at work - earn about $95 per week. Miners around table in community centre - more interviews re decline in coal industry. 01:33:13 INT Russian Orthodox church in Coaldale, PA - priest interviewed. 01:35:14 Devastation to landscape caused by mining - houses sagging where ground subsided - some collapsed entirely. Old man in kitchen talks about hearing rumble from cellar & finding crevice leading to neighbours’ houses 01:37:21 Bulldozers reclaiming land for new factory in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Business district street scenes - Miners National Bank. INT supermarket. Water leaking from old mines into new ones. Polluted stream & river - sulphuric acid & coal scum. Girl throws rocks - mine shafts on fire in BG. CU sign Danger - Mine Fire - Drive Slow. Road buckled. Smoke pouring from crevice - cemetery in BG. Strip mining scenes - landscape ruined. CU setting of explosive charge. Explosion. 01:42:50 Abandoned shops & homes in mining town. Man shuffles along empty sidewalk. NB Slugs left in for commercials. Heavy Industry. Progress.