Movies: Coal mining
- 1976
The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976)
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When the owner of a Yorkshire coal-mine decides to mechanize to increase profits, the mine's pit ponies are scheduled to be destroyed. So, three children plan to steal them to keep them safe. But when they're caught, it's up to the mine owners and th...
- 2011
These were the reasons (2011)
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This film takes us into the harsh realm of BC's early coal mines, canneries, and lumber camps; where primitve conditions and speed-ups often cost lives. Then, the film moves through the unemployed' struggles of the '30s, post WWII equity campaigns, ...
- 2021
Thatcher vs The Miners: The Battle for Britain (2021)
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On the 5th of March 1985, a crowd gathered in a South Yorkshire pit village to watch a sight none of them had seen in a year. The villagers, many of them in tears, cheered and clapped as the men of Grimethorpe Colliery marched back to work accompanie...
- 2017
Centralia: Pennsylvania's Lost Town (2017)
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A small town is overcome by a massive underground coal fire in 1962. As a result hundreds of residents had to be relocated....
- 1910
A Day in the Life of a Coal Miner (1910)
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A proto-"documentary" film depicting workers of a mine owned by the Wilgan Coal and Iron Company...
- 2024
Victory to the Mimers (2024)
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A satirical dramedy loosely inspired by the infamous UK Miners' strikes; however this time, the fight isn’t in the pits, but on the stage. With his beloved family trade targeted by a right-wing government with a long-standing hatred for the arts, a ...
- 2014
Moving Mountains (2014)
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A determined housewife goes head-to-head with a $1 billion mining company after its negligent operation ruins her town's water supply....
- 1995
Margaret's Museum (1995)
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In a town where half the men die down the coalpit, Margaret MacNeil is quite happy being single in her small Cape Breton island town. Until she meets Neil Currie, a charming and sincere bagpipe-playing, Gaelic-speaking dishwasher. But no matter what ...
- 2017
Der lange Abschied von der Kohle (2017)
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- 1995
Justice in the Coalfields (1995)
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This film demonstrates how labor law has crippled the collective bargaining power of unions and weighed the scales of justice against working people. The documentary follows the 1988 United Mine Workers strike against the Pittston Coal Company that f...
- 2012
Shenandoah (2012)
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An epic feature documentary about a coal mining town with a fiery immigrant heritage, once pivotal in fueling America’s industrial revolution and today in decline and struggling to survive and retain its identity, soul and values – all of which were ...
- 1935
Coal Face (1935)
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1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners....
- 1947
Iron and Steel Supply of the World (1947)
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Time-travel to a 1940s classroom with this exemplary educational film....
- 1985
Which Side Are You On? (1985)
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The documentary features the British miners and their family experiences told through songs, poems, pictures and words....
- 2025
Leaning on the tree (2025)
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An apocalyptic sound of roaring machines incessantly intrudes into the habitats of man and nature. Barren landscapes and deserted villages linger in hypnotic restlessness. A self-destructive system meets resistance....
- 1970
That's the Price (1970)
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What happens to two dying coal towns in British Columbia when an American corporation provides a contract for millions of tons of coking coal? The film follows the consequences for the towns of Natal and Michel, suggesting that industrial growth has ...
- 2006
Mine Your Own Business (2006)
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Mine Your Own Business is a 2006 documentary film directed and produced by Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney about the Roșia Montană mining project. The film asserts that environmentalists' opposition to the mine is unsympathetic to the needs and des...
- 2015
Blood on the Coal (2015)
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A story of struggle and tragedy, the film features harrowing underground disasters, heroic rescues and traces a history of strikes, industrial turmoil and the current push by global mining giants to destroy regional communities and replace local mine...
- 1949
Bitva pod zemí (1949)
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- 2007
The Town That Was (2007)
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An intimate portrait of John Lokitis, the youngest remaining resident of Centralia, Pennsylvania, and his quixotic fight to keep alive a hometown that has literally disintegrated under his feet. His unbowed determination and steadfast refusal to ackn...