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Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
From before the dawn of the 20th century until the arrival of the New Deal, one of the most protracted and deadly labor struggles in American history was waged in West Virginia. On one side were powerful corporations whose millions bought armed guards and political influence. On the other side were 50,000 mine workers, the nation's largest labor union, and the legendary "miners' angel," Mother Jones. The fight for unionization and civil rights sparked...
44) You wouldn't want to be a 19th-century coal miner in England!: a dangerous job you'd rather not have
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A modern-day fairy tale of a young boy who exchanges boxing gloves for ballet shoes. Billy's story is set during the 1980s miners' strike in northern England, where his determination inspires an entire community. This is a story of self-discovery, determination, love and hope. Based on the beloved film and winner of ten Tony Awards including Best Musical.
46) Brassed off!
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Comedy and romance as a small northern England coal-mining town fights the closing of its colliery and the local miners' brass band prepares for a national competition.
Series
Criterion collection volume 334
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the 1973 Harlan County, Kentucky coal miners' strike against the operators of the Brookside mine and the Duke Power Company, which resulted from the company's refusal to honor the national contract of the United Mine Workers of America when the miners joined the union.
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Schoolteacher Lilly Moffat is dismayed by conditions in a Welsh mining town. She sets up a school to teach fundamental education to the villagers. Her housekeeper and daughter oppose the project, as does the local Squire who will not rent her space. Using part of her own home, she goes ahead with Miss Moffat's School.
49) The citadel
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A young doctor in a Welsh mining village runs up against the medical establishment when he tries to explore the cause of a cough disabling miners; he abandons his humanitarian goals for a London practice.
50) Mine 9: DVD
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Two miles into the earth, nine Appalachian miners struggle to survive after a methane explosion leaves them with one hour of oxygen.
52) Little Audrey
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In 1948, eleven-year-old Audrey lives with her father, mother, and three younger sisters in Jewell Valley, a coal mining camp in Southwest Virginia, where her mother still mourns the death of a baby, her father goes on drinking binges on paydays, and Audrey tries to recover from the scarlet fever that has left her skinny and needing to wear glasses.
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by real events, The Indian Doctor is the award winning BBC drama that is a warm and humorous fish-out-of-water story about a dedicated doctor who moves to the UK with ambitions to work in a top London surgery, only to find himself practicing in a small Welsh village. It's now 1966, three years after Dr. Prem Sharma and his wife Kamini's arrival and in their different ways, they have both become a part of the community. However, their lives...
Series
Katharine Hepburn 100th anniversary collection volume disc 6
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Miss Moffat is a spinster schoolteacher who inherits a house in a Welsh mining town. She finds the miners living in squalor and ignorance, and is determined to open a school to teach not only the children but also anybody from the village that is interested in learning. Aiding her is Mrs. Watty, a reformed thief, the young spinster Miss Ronberry, and John Goronwy Jones, who looks after the house. There is resistant to the idea of a school. Miss Moffat...
58) Kameradschaft
Series
Criterion collection volume 908
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
DVD special edition.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Set in 1919 but based on a real incident from 1906. A coal mine collapses on the frontier between Germany and France, trapping a team of French miners inside. Workers on both sides of the border spring into action, putting aside national prejudices and wartime grudges to launch a dangerous rescue operation.
59) Still life
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
After a town is completely destroyed by a flood, the residents must try to rebuild their homes, the town, and their lives.
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