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Human Studies Film Archives
Guide to the Benjamin Harrison Hay film of Buck Run mining community, circa 1930-1940
Summary
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1983.12
- Creators:
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Hay, Benjamin Harrison
- Dates:
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circa 1930-1940
- Languages:
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No linguistic content; Not applicable.
- Physical Description:
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2 Film reels33 minutesblack-and-white silent; 800 feet16mm
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Footage documenting coal mine operation and other activities in Schuykill County, Pennsylvania filmed by Mr. Wettereau's uncle, Benjamin Hay. Footage shows local people, school children, mine workers and miners, and a man with a dog (collie) posing for camera or working. Much of the footage shows the daily workings of an anthracite coal mining operation (Schuykill County, Pennsylvania) in both winter and warmer weather.
Shown are steam shovels moving coal, various rail cars that are empty, filled with coal, being filled with coal and carrying miners into and out of tunnel; bull dozer pushing dirt; track workers working on the train tracks; workers laying pipe across trestle over ravine and alongside rail tracks; water running out of a tunnel through a sluiceway; internal shots of large mine building and men picking up their pay at window. Writing on bull dozer and steam shovel reads: Bazley Inc, Pottsville, PA. Also captured is a spirited horse (thoroughbred?) held by a man and being ridden by a man; car being pulled out of snow bank; homes in a town with two young women (one in raccoon coat) playing with two dogs (one is the collie) in snow (older woman with camera photographing them); tree branches and power and telephone lines and poles weighed down with ice (presumably after a winter ice storm).
Legacy keywords: Coal mines and mining ; Heavy machinery ; Railroad ties ; Railroad cars ; Railroad tracks ; Ice ; Land use, Rural ; Village Communities ; Amateur films
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Administration
Custodial History
Previously titled "Benjamin Harrison Hay's Footage of a Pennsylvania Colliery ca. 1930-1940"
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Received from Richard B. Wettereau and Cynthia Wettereau in 1983.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
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Preferred Citation
Benjamin Harrison Hay film of Buck Run mining community, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
HSFA 1983.12.1
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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North America | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Pennsylvania | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Buck Run (Schuylkill County, Pa.) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Coal mines and mining | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Coal miners | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
silent films | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Human Studies Film Archives
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