Coal Mining Movies

In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.

A small town is overcome by a massive underground coal fire in 1962. As a result hundreds of residents had to be relocated.

Dismissed from the railroads in 1863 for his union activities, Etienne Lantier found a job at the Voreux coal mine. But work was hard, wages were low...

A determined housewife goes head-to-head with a $1 billion mining company after its negligent operation ruins her town's water supply.

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

An epic feature documentary about a coal mining town with a fiery immigrant heritage, once pivotal in fueling America’s industrial revolution...

An apocalyptic sound of roaring machines incessantly intrudes into the habitats of man and nature. Barren landscapes and deserted villages linger in...

Semi-documentary, focusing on the training young boys receive before they are sent down the mines on their first job.

Documentary marking the 30th anniversary of the 1984 miners' strike, one of the bitterest industrial disputes in British history, with stories from...

On the 5th of March 1985, a crowd gathered in a South Yorkshire pit village to watch a sight none of them had seen in a year. The villagers, many of...

The largest leisure and shopping complex in Europe, the Metro Centre in Tynemouth, and its creator John Hall.

Southern Gothic tale of a coal miner pushed to his limits for the love of his son.

Thud and Blunder learn what not to do while in a coal mine.

The Bimblebox Nature Refuge lies in the path of what will be the earths largest coal mines. One woman, Paola Cassoni, decides to resist the "China...

This film demonstrates how labor law has crippled the collective bargaining power of unions and weighed the scales of justice against working people....

For 200 years, coal mining had been a way of life in Cape Breton. By 1920 things were looking up: miners were unionized and paid decent wages. Then...

Time-travel to a 1940s classroom with this exemplary educational film.