“ ANTHRACITE COAL ” SILENT 1920s PENNSYLVANIA COAL MINE & MINING EDUCATIONAL FILM XD45714

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This black and white 1920s silent film, possibly an Eastman classroom film, depicts the operations of the “Mammoth Slope” anthracite coal mine in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, showing a day in the life of an average coal miner (TRT 12:22). Opening title card: “Anthracite Coal” (0:08). Intertitle: “The Miners Go To Work.” A crowd of men in caps and coats walk across a bridge carrying pails (0:10). A man standing at a doorway greets coal miners as they arrive for work. A man sets down a pail and watering can, then removes his coat. A pulley system carries away his clothing, which is exchanged for a work uniform (0:17). The miner, William Betz, removes an identification tag from a board, and repositions a peg to “clock in” (0:54). In an open-air workshop, men hammer on anvils, with furnaces in the background. Bill picks up a pick axe (1:00). A man approaches a sh