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10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America, 6, Gold Rush
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produced by Michael Ehrenzweig, fl. 1974-2015, in 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America, 6 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2006), 44 mins
When gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill, California, in 1848, some 300,000 people from the rest of the United States and abroad flooded the region to try to strike it rich. Using re-creations, archival photos, and interviews with noted historians, this program examines the quest for wealth as well as the far-rea...
produced by Michael Ehrenzweig, fl. 1974-2015, in 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America, 6 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2006), 44 mins
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Ford Educational Library, Mine Town
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produced by Ford Motor Company, in Ford Educational Library (Detroit, MI: Ford Motor Company, 1920), 2 mins
This documentary, produced by the Ford Motor Company, features scenery of a mining town and mine workers eating a meal.
produced by Ford Motor Company, in Ford Educational Library (Detroit, MI: Ford Motor Company, 1920), 2 mins
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Ford Educational Library, Phosphate Mining, Part 2
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produced by Ford Motor Company, in Ford Educational Library (Detroit, MI: Ford Motor Company, 1922), 2 mins
This documentary, produced by the Ford Motor Company, features phosphate mining.
produced by Ford Motor Company, in Ford Educational Library (Detroit, MI: Ford Motor Company, 1922), 2 mins
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Ford Educational Library, Ford Coal Mine, Part 2
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produced by Ford Motor Company, in Ford Educational Library (Detroit, MI: Ford Motor Company, 1923), 9 mins
This documentary, produced by the Ford Motor Company, features coal mining and a coal mining camp.
produced by Ford Motor Company, in Ford Educational Library (Detroit, MI: Ford Motor Company, 1923), 9 mins
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Industry on Parade, Sylacauga Saga - Seminar for Executives - A Message from Industry to You
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in Prelinger Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection; produced by National Association of Manufacturers, in Industry on Parade (District of Columbia: National Association of Manufacturers), 7 mins
This documentary features the manufacturing industry.
in Prelinger Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection; produced by National Association of Manufacturers, in Industry on Parade (District of Columbia: National Association of Manufacturers), 7 mins
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Ken Burns's The West, 3, The Speck of the Future
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written by Ken Burns, 1953-; directed by Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017; produced by Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017, in Ken Burns's The West, 3 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 1996), 1 hour 26 mins
By 1848, the United States claimed virtually all of the West. The Louisiana Purchase, the annexation of Texas and Oregon, and the war with Mexico had stretched the nation's boundaries all the way to the Pacific. But the West was American in name only. Few people east of the Mississippi were anxious to venture into...
written by Ken Burns, 1953-; directed by Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017; produced by Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017, in Ken Burns's The West, 3 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 1996), 1 hour 26 mins
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Mine 21
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directed by Stephen L. Garrett, fl. 2007; produced by Stephen L. Garrett, fl. 2007; interview by Alexa Fults and Kelsey Arbuckle (Privately Published, 2020), 27 mins
On December 8, 1981, Mine 21, one of several underground coal-mines operated by Grundy Mining Company in the unincorporated area between Palmer and Whitwell, Tennessee, exploded and killed thirteen miners. While not on the same scale as the disasters in Fraterville (May 19, 1902, in which 216 miners were killed) o...
directed by Stephen L. Garrett, fl. 2007; produced by Stephen L. Garrett, fl. 2007; interview by Alexa Fults and Kelsey Arbuckle (Privately Published, 2020), 27 mins
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Wild West Tech, Deadwood Tech
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directed by Laura Verklan, fl. 1991, in Wild West Tech (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2004), 42 mins
Touted as one of the 'liveliest and peculiar places west of the Mississippi,' in Deadwood speculators, misfits, and cold-blooded killers came together to stake their claim. Located in South Dakota's Black Hills, in this raunchy, rip-roaring town, primitive technology met bold innovations, commerce and corruption c...
directed by Laura Verklan, fl. 1991, in Wild West Tech (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2004), 42 mins
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