The Story Of Coal

Duration: 10 min

Genre: Industry

Year Published: 1938

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Formation of coal as geologic process; peat, lignite, bituminous, anthracite. Where coal is found in U. S. A. Mining, with hand tools, and with machines. Grading and washing, modern machinery displaces the erstwhile "breaker boy." What is the future of coal?

Complete Record: Shows how coal was formed through the ages, mining processes, the regions where coal is found, and its uses in the commercial world.

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946

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Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive, Prelinger Archives

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