Laid-off coal miners bootleg coal in Pennsylvania

Title card: "Coal Goes Bootleg" / montage quiet mining town and coal mine in Pennsylvania / handwritten sign on mine gate "idle tomorrow" / mass of coal rail cars stands in rail yard / WS coal "bootleggers" mine for coal themselves / montage men turn handles of rig to manually lower workers into mine shafts; man gets into bucket, other men lower him into shaft / cave opening into mine shaft with lights from men's helmets shining inside / WS slapdash coal rig / men turn handles, draw up bucket of coal, empty bucket down ramp; tilt down boy shovels the coal / car wheel without tire turns, hooked to line and bucket at shaft / automobile powers harvesting of coal / montage machine sifts coal as workers, including children, pick through and shovel it / montage young girl shovels coal into wheelbarrow / montage mine bootlegger family sits on steps of house; SOT miner, SOT wife / montage men with truck buy bags of coal from bootleggers / montage trucks approach, drive past at night / Note: exact month/day not known
Title card: "Coal Goes Bootleg" / montage quiet mining town and coal mine in Pennsylvania / handwritten sign on mine gate "idle tomorrow" / mass of coal rail cars stands in rail yard / WS coal "bootleggers" mine for coal themselves / montage men turn handles of rig to manually lower workers into mine shafts; man gets into bucket, other men lower him into shaft / cave opening into mine shaft with lights from men's helmets shining inside / WS slapdash coal rig / men turn handles, draw up bucket of coal, empty bucket down ramp; tilt down boy shovels the coal / car wheel without tire turns, hooked to line and bucket at shaft / automobile powers harvesting of coal / montage machine sifts coal as workers, including children, pick through and shovel it / montage young girl shovels coal into wheelbarrow / montage mine bootlegger family sits on steps of house; SOT miner, SOT wife / montage men with truck buy bags of coal from bootleggers / montage trucks approach, drive past at night / Note: exact month/day not known
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Editorial #:
530960116
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
January 01, 1938
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:02:03:11
Location:
Pennsylvania, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr001356_02_01.mov