Synopsis
This 1971 color film uses coal mining footage to discuss the causes, effects, and methods of preventing pneumoconiosis, also known as “black lung.” Strategies for detecting and controlling coast dust are explained and illustrated in this short produced for the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Mine Enforcement and Safety Administration in response to the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 (TRT: 19:54). Mine excavation equipment grinds away in a tunnel, producing a cloud of coal dust. A miner wears goggles and a hard hat with a headlamp (0:08). Crossfade to an animated illustration of coal dust particles filling a lung (0:44). Images of lungs infected with pneumoconiosis or “black lung.” A platelet of particles is shown under a microscope, and projected on a microprojector (1:14). A man in a hospital bed struggles to breath. He calls for a nurse. A nurse applies an oxygen hose to his face. A doctor uses a stethoscope and attempts CPR to no avail (1:45). The doctor fills out a death certificate for a Pennsylvania coal miner (2:41). In a lab, technicians use imaging devices and test equipment to investigate “acceptable limits of expirable dust,” according to narration. A rotary blade saws at a chunk of coal (2:55). A coal silo. Miners carry buckets toward a mine’s entrance. Inside a mine, a conveyor belt loaded with coal. A miner reinforces the ceiling of a mineshaft (3:18). A drill bores a hole into a wall of coal. Miners use an MRE, or Mine Research Establishment…
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Details
- Running time
- 19 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Preventing Coal Pneumoconiosis
- 1971
- Coal Mining
- Black Lung
- Stock Footage
- Periscope Film