Before the mountain was moved

Duration: 1:00:00

Year Published: 1971

Creator: CRM/McGraw-Hill Films | Robert K. Sharpe Productions

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 4Jan71 · MP21849 (Jul-Dec 1971) Copyright holder: Robert K. Sharpe Productions, Inc

Description: Depicts the Appalachian people's plight when strip mining operations cease, the land is left unseeded, and the rains cause landslides, erosion, and damage to the homes in the Raleigh County, West Virginia, area. Shows the people getting organized within the neighborhood, finding out about state political processes, and taking the resulting trip to the state legislature. Illustrates the feelings and reactions of the people before and after the bill prohibiting strip mining becomes a law.

Complete Record: , Depicts the Appalachian people's plight when strip mining operations cease, the land is left unseeded, and the rains cause landslides, erosion, and damage to the homes in the Raleigh County, West Virginia, area. Shows the people getting organized within the neighborhood, finding out about state political processes, and taking the resulting trip to the state legislature. Illustrates the feelings and reactions of the people before and after the bill prohibiting strip mining becomes a law., Depicts the Appalachian people's plight when strip mining operations cease, the land is left unseeded, and the rains cause landslides, erosion, and damage to the homes in the Raleigh County, West Virginia, area. Shows the people getting organized within the neighborhood, finding out about state political processes, and taking the resulting trip to the state legislature. Illustrates the feelings and reactions of the people before and after the bill prohibiting strip mining becomes a law.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.