Documents the pivotal role coal played in fueling the Industrial Revolution in the United States and in making America the arsenal of democracy for two world wars. Archival footage and interviews also explore the strikes, accidents, and labor struggles in the coal mining industry that fundamentally redefined the relationship between labor and management in the 20th century and outline the positions of environmentalists and government research engineers on global warming and the future of coal as an energy source.
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