Synopsis
Excerpts from "Wheelwright: Coal Mining Town" (see full version in this collection). Video documenting the history of Wheelwright, Kentucky. Includes interviews with former coal miners and citizens of the town, contemporary footage and historical still images of the town. Descriptions of coal mining life, the effects of strikes on the town, safety conditions, and the impact of the sale of the town on the economy and social conditions of Wheelwright are featured. This program was videotaped for broadcast on cable television Channel 12 as part of the Broadside/Mountain Community Television initiative to provide locally produced public access television to southwestern Virginia. Produced with funds provided by Alice Lloyd College and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Details
- Running time
- 26 minutes
- Internet Archive item
- 9291WheelwrightCoalMiningTownShort_Avg15MbpsVBR
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Wheelwright (Ky.)
- Public access television programs
- Inland Steel Company