| 00:00:03 0.47 |
CITY STREET SCENES, CIRCA 1920s. COAL MINERS
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| 00:00:16 13.47 |
LINE OF MINERS GOING INTO MINE. CARRYING BUCKETS,
BRINGING HORSES INTO MINES. BOSS WRITING DOWN AS MEN GO INTO MINES. |
| 00:00:39 36.47 |
POV MOVING DOWN MINE. MEN WORKING: PICKS HACKING,
DIGGING SHOVEL, HAULING. HELMETS WITH LIGHTS |
| 00:00:59 56.47 |
COAL MINER LIGHTS CIGARETTE FROM LIGHT ON MINING CAP.
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| 00:01:08 65.47 |
SHOVELING BIG CHUNKS OF COAL INTO MINE TRAIN
|
| 00:01:15 72.47 |
MULE PULLING COAL CAR THROUGH MINES.
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| 00:01:23 80.47 |
MONTAGE MINERS AT WORK
|
| 00:01:33 90.47 |
WALLS COLLAPSING IN MINE ACCIDENT
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| 00:01:41 98.47 |
ABOVE, ON GROUND, SIREN SOUNDS
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| 00:01:45 102.47 |
PANS LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE WAITING FOR NEWS OF
TRAPPED MINERS. FAMILIES OF MEN STUCK IN MINE |
| 00:02:10 127.47 |
AMBULANCE WAITS FOR CASUALTIES.
|
| 00:02:13 130.47 |
BRINGING OUT HURT MEN ON STRETCHERS. CROWD OF CURIOUS
ONLOOKERS TRY TO SEE INJURED MAN PUT IN AMBULANCE. |
| 00:02:33 150.47 |
HORSE-DRAWN AMBULANCE PULLS AWAY FROM ACCIDENT SITE.
OTHERS FOLLOW. |
| 00:02:43 160.47 |
MEN STAND ON WAREHOUSE PORCH. SIMPLE WHITE CROSSES
LEANING UP |
| 00:02:51 168.47 |
HORSE-DRAWN HEARSE. FUNERAL CORTEGE FOR MINERS LOST
IN ACCIDENT |
| 00:03:04 181.47 |
MONTAGE JOHN L. LEWIS
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| 00:03:31 208.47 |
MAY 1920: ORGANIZERS SENT TO COAL FIELDS TO EDUCATE
MINERS ON STRIKING. PAN MINERS, YOUNG BOYS. INCITING STRIKE. |
| 00:04:01 238.47 |
SIREN SOUNDS. MEN WALK INTO MINES WITH BUCKETS
|
| 00:04:10 247.47 |
LONG LINE OF STRIKING MINERS WAITING
|
| 00:04:27 264.47 |
ROW OF MINERS SHANTIES-SHACKS-HOUSES
|
| 00:04:30 267.47 |
WHOLE FAMILY SLEEPING IN BED.
|
| 00:04:35 272.47 |
STRIKING MINER & FAMILY KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOME.
RUTHLESS MEN THROWING FAMILY'S POSSESSIONS OUT OF HOUSE: MATTRESSES, CHAIRS |
| 00:04:55 292.47 |
TENT CITY: HUGE TABLE OF CHILDREN BEING FED. EATING
SOUP, BREAD. |
| 00:05:10 307.47 |
PAN ROW MEN IN SUITS CARRYING GUNS, PATROLLING.
KEEPING ORDER THEMSELVES. |
| 00:05:24 321.47 |
PAN CLOSED-DOWN MINES, EMPTY COAL CARS. EERILY QUIET
|
| 00:05:37 334.47 |
ARMY BROUGHT IN TO UNARM STRIKING MINERS. CU MEN
PUTTING GUNS INTO BIG PILE. CU PILES OF GUNS |
| 00:06:11 368.47 |
PAN STRIKING MINER CAMP. BARBED WIRE SURROUNDS IT.
ARMED GUARD PACES. MEN STARE AT CAMERA FROM BEHIND FENCE |
| 00:06:26 383.47 |
CU LEWIS & MURRAY
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| 00:06:34 391.47 |
LEWIS, AS PRESIDENT OF UMW, MEETING WITH OWNERS OF
MINES |
| 00:06:46 403.47 |
PAN UNION MINERS SHANTY TOWN. DEPRESSED PEOPLE
SITTING AROUND IDLE |
| 00:07:03 420.47 |
WHITE HOUSE, CIRCA 1933.
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| 00:07:09 426.47 |
FDR GIVES RECOVERY ACT SPEECH. NRA
|
| 00:07:44 461.47 |
LEWIS, AFL'S WILLIAM GREENE, SECRETARY OF LABOR
FRANCIS PERKINS. |
| 00:08:13 490.47 |
LEWIS GIVING SPEECH ON HOW CONGRESS SHOULD ADOPT
PRESIDENT'S SUGGESTIONS. |
| 00:08:35 512.47 |
STEEL WORKERS: FORGING, HEATING, BUILDING CARS. AUTO
INDUSTRY |
| 00:08:52 529.47 |
LARGE GROUP OF INDUSTRIAL WORKERS LEAVING WORK. CIO
MEN HAND OUT PAMPHLETS-LEAFLETS TO WORKERS. |
| 00:09:14 551.47 |
AUTOMOBILE WORKERS AT OUTDOOR MEETING. MEGAPHONE
VOICE AUDIBLE. ADVISING MEN TO JOIN LABOR ORGANIZATIONS. |
| 00:09:24 561.47 |
CU ENTRANCE TO UAW-CIO
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| 00:09:26 563.47 |
CU WORKERS SIGNING, VOTING FOR UNION
|
| 00:09:32 569.47 |
WORKERS PUNCHING TIME CLOCK. GOING TO WORK IN AUTO
BODY PLANT. |
| 00:09:43 580.47 |
IDLE AUTO ASSEMBLY LINE.
|
| 00:09:53 590.47 |
AUTO WORKERS STAGE SIT-DOWN AT WORK. PASSING TIME
PLAYING CHESS, READING NEWSPAPERS. |
| 00:10:12 609.47 |
RIOT IN STREETS. BREAKING WINDOWS OF PLANT. TEAR GAS.
|
| 00:10:25 622.47 |
PICKETERS GANG UP ON MAN & BEAT HIM BADLY
|
| 00:10:42 639.47 |
GROUP OF MEN IN SUITS (OFFICIALS MOBSTERS) WALK DOWN
MIDDLE OF STREET. STRIKE BREAKERS |
| 00:10:46 643.47 |
CU HOMER MARTIN, HEAD OF UAW
|
| 00:10:50 647.47 |
LEWIS GIVES SPEECH
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| 00:11:27 684.47 |
CADILLAC SQUARE: MASS GROUP SINGS. CELEBRATES IN
ANTICIPATION OF WINNING. SONG ABOUT "SIGNING ON THE DOTTED LINE". PLACARDS. |
| 00:11:56 713.47 |
FEBRUARY 11: GOVENOR MURPHY WATCHES KNUDSEN FROM
GENERAL MOTORS SIGNING AGREEMENT |
| 00:12:08 725.47 |
CU PEOPLE'S FEET WALKING
|
| 00:12:15 732.47 |
TANK ARTILLERY MANUFACTURING. MONTAGE MACHINES, MEN
WORKING, DEFENSE INDUSTRY. AIRPLANES. |
| 00:12:52 769.47 |
COAL MINERS COMING OUT OF MINE ON MINE CARS
|
| 00:13:08 785.47 |
MINERS LEAVING FROM WORK ON FOOT. BUCKETS IN HAND,
FILTHY DIRTY. BITUMINOUS COAL MINERS, SICK |
| 00:13:29 806.47 |
1941 LEWIS GIVES SPEECH: "WE'RE AFRAID TO GO TO
WORK". ANGRY & ARTICULATE |
| 00:14:59 896.47 |
CU WHITE HOUSE
|
| 00:15:05 902.47 |
CU PAN STEEL EXECUTIVES
|
| 00:15:13 910.47 |
LEWIS ARRIVES WITH MYRON TAYLOR, FORMER STEEL EXEC.
|
| 00:15:27 924.47 |
LEWIS COMMENTS ON IF SOLDIERS COME TO MINES.
|
| 00:15:47 944.47 |
LHS MINING PLANT
|
| 00:15:52 949.47 |
MONTAGE MINERS STRIKING: PLAYING CARDS, PASSING TIME
WHILE ON STRIKE. |
| 00:16:06 963.47 |
TWO MINERS CARRYING RIFLES WALK WITH DOGS IN WOODS.
GOING HUNTING |
| 00:16:16 973.47 |
WHITE HOUSE
|
| 00:16:22 979.47 |
LEWIS SIGNING GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT
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| 00:16:44 1001.47 |
CU CALENDAR PAGE: DECEMBER 7, 1941.
|
| 00:16:49 1006.47 |
LABOR MEETING
|
| 00:17:10 1027.47 |
NEWSCASTER, NARRATOR TALKING HEAD
|
| 00:17:57 1074.47 |
MINER GOING OFF TO WORK. WIFE & SMALL CHILD WAVE FROM
PORCH |
| 00:18:03 1080.47 |
MINERS WALKING TO WORK
|
| 00:18:13 1090.47 |
CU MINERS GOING DOWN IN ELEVATOR.
|
| 00:18:18 1095.47 |
MINERS ON COAL TRAINS
|
| 00:18:28 1105.47 |
MINERS WALKING INTO MINE
|
| 00:18:34 1111.47 |
MINERS ROLL COAL CAR INTO MINE
|
| 00:18:39 1116.47 |
HUGE VIOLENT UNDERGROUND EXPLOSION. HUGE BALL OF
FIRE. MINING ACCIDENT ON MARCH 25TH IN CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS. |
| 00:18:53 1130.47 |
FAMILIES, CURIOUS ONLOOKERS, WORKERS WAIT ABOVE
GROUND FOR KILLED-HURT MINERS TO BE BROUGHT TO SURFACE. RED CROSS. SNOWING HARD. DEAD, CASUALTIES. 111 KILLED BY MASSIVE EXPLOSION. |
| 00:19:22 1159.47 |
CU WIDOWS & CHILDREN-ORPHANS
|
| 00:19:29 1166.47 |
LEWIS MEETING GOVERNMENT ASKING FOR MEMORIAL HOLIDAY
FOR KILLED MINERS. CU CONGRESSMAN RICAHRD NIXON |
| 00:19:50 1187.47 |
LEWIS SPEAKS OUT FOR MINERS
|
| 00:20:39 1236.47 |
PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKING PICTURES
|
| 00:20:42 1239.47 |
LEWIS & OTHERS LEAVING MEETING.
|
| 00:20:53 1250.47 |
HUGE GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHERS PUSHING
|
| 00:20:57 1254.47 |
BIG 1940s CAR TAKES LEWIS AWAY
|
| 00:21:00 1257.47 |
MINERS AT WORK. GOING INTO MINE IN TRAIN CAR
|
| 00:21:17 1274.47 |
LABOR PARADE-MARCH. PLACARDS. ORGANIZED LABOR
AGAINST TAFT-HARTLEY BILL. |
| 00:21:31 1288.47 |
LEWIS ON BEHALF OF UMA SPEAKS TO CONGRESS ON MINE
SAFETY |
| 00:22:16 1333.47 |
BACK & FORTH BANTER IN CONGRESS
|
| 00:22:59 1376.47 |
INSIDE MINE, MACHINES DOING WORK MEN USED TO. CU
CHUNKS OF COAL, IN TRAINS, |
| 00:23:34 1411.47 |
MINER'S FAMILY. KISSES WIFE GOODBYE, HOLDING BABY. CU
ALL-AMERICAN BABY |
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Year: 1920-1960
Color: Black & White
Genre: LABOR UNIONS
Specialty CollectionGenre: LABOR UNIONS
Description: STORY OF JOHN L. LEWIS, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED MINE WORKERS, DURING THE KEY PERIOD OF LABOR, 1920-1960. EMPLOYING AGGRESSIVE STRIKE TACTICS TO IMPROVE THE LOT OF THE MINERS. DRAMATIC CONFLICTS WITH MINE OWNERS, AFL, COURTS & GOVERNMENT. EARLY HISTORY OF ORGANIZED LABOR MOVEMENT IN AMERICA
Keywords: coalpit
