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Box 3-B

 Container

Contains 12 Results:

WWVU Control Room

 Item — Box: 3-B, Reel: 543
Scope and Contents

Shows scenes of TV monitors in control room.

Black Lung work print

 Item — Box: 3-B, Reel: 546
Scope and Contents

Shows electronic equipment.

Unidentified Construction Site

 Item — Box: 3-B, Reel: 549
Scope and Contents

Shows construction of the CAC and Towers and various construction equipment.

Feathered Warrior, 1973

 Item — Box: 3-B, Reel: 583
Scope and Contents

An Appalachian cock fighter explains how he managed to win over 65% of his fights. Uses slow-motion, close-up sequences to show the motion of the birds during fights.

Dates: 1973

Tomorrow's People, 1973

 Item — Box: 3-B, Reel: 584
Scope and Contents

Appalachian mountain music in its traditional form springs from the land and the soul, the ancestry and uniqueness of mountain people. This presentation of mountain music is not an attempt to explain or analyze, but a sight and sound experience of mountain culture without narration.

Dates: 1973

Nature's Way, 1973

 Item — Box: 3-B, Reel: 585
Scope and Contents

Shows several Appalachian people who still continue to make and use the old remedies to cure and aid the sick. People depend on folklore, home remedies, Indian herb medicines, and midwives to care for their own ailments.

Dates: 1973

Ramsey Trade Fair, 1973

 Item — Box: 3-B, Reel: 586
Scope and Contents

In Ramsey, a small community in the coalfields of southwestern Virginia, the mountain people gather every Wednesday to do their trading. This business venture is more of a social event and people come for good deals and good times.

Dates: 1973