A Day in the Life of a Coal Miner
A coal miner says good-bye to his wife and children, and heads off to work. He reaches the mine, prepares his lamp, and then descends into the mine along with some other workers. As he and the others work inside the mine, the coal...
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"This film starts with a miner saying goodbye to his wife and kids and heading off to the coalmine for his day's work. It ends with him returning to that same home and sitting in front of a real coal fire. In between we follow the process of mining coal for him as he prepares his gear and goes down the pit. An early example of a reality documentary, this film shows us what it was like back in 1910 to work down the mines. As such it is reasonably interesting just for the generational clash of seeing the men working on hands and knees, shirtless and with no PPE. This probably isn't eno..."
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A coal miner says good-bye to his wife and children, and heads off to work. He reaches the mine, prepares his lamp, and then descends into the mine along with some other workers. As he and the others work inside the mine, the coal...