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Box 32-B

 Container

Contains 6 Results:

Line Fork Falls and Caves, 1971

 Item — Box: 32-B, Reel: 603
Scope and Contents

Exploration of Pine Mountain caves in eastern Kentucky combined with a comic approach to finding a place in the mountains where one can still drink water from a stream.

Dates: 1971

United Mine Workers of America, 1970; A House Divided, 1971

 Item — Box: 32-B, Reel: 604
Scope and Contents

Miners comment on the union, pension funds, and loss of health cards while UMW president Tony Boyle discusses outside forces, democracy in the union, and the rational for striking.

Dates: 1971

Lonesome Pine

 Item — Box: 32-B, Reel: 605
Scope and Contents

Film documents a 100 mile motorcycle endurance race called the Lonesome Pine held in the Bristol, VA/ TENN. area. Cy Triplett, one of the participants, describes the race as he is followed by the camera through the mountains and valley of the rugged terrain.

Chairmaker, 1974

 Item — Box: 32-B, Reel: 607
Scope and Contents

Dewey Thompson is an 80 year old chairmaker who does everything by hand; he even chops down trees. The film is about his simple lifestyle.

Dates: 1974

Morgan Sorghum, 1974

 Item — Box: 32-B, Reel: 608
Scope and Contents

This film covers three craftsmen that were featured at the Morgan County, KY Sorghum Festival, a knife maker, a broom maker, and a woman who spins her own yarn on a spinning wheel. It details their work, then follows them to the fair where their work is displayed.

Dates: 1974

Coal and Water, 1960 - 1969

 Item — Box: 32-B, Reel: 609
Scope and Contents

A documentary which probes the problem of water pollution in the coal industry. Explores the black-water problem and acid drainage, describing the technical processes necessary for a successful pollution-control program.

Dates: 1960 - 1969