Eastern Eye: A Nova Scotia Filmography ~ 1899-1973

Diggers of the deep 

Producing Agency:   National Film Board of Canada

Production Date:   1954

Format:   16 mm, 35 mm, colour, b&w, sound, 00:13:00

Series:   Canada on the Move

Synopsis – a Cape Breton coal mining community is examined, including the industry, technology and the miners themselves. Features the introduction of the continuous miner mining equipment into the area.

Balla, Nicholas, Producer

McLean, Grant, Director

Wilder, Donald, Camera

French version is Mineurs du Cap Breton.

Repository:   Nova Scotia Archives; National Archives of Canada; National Film Board of Canada

Subjects:
Diggers of the deep
Glace Bay
Trenton
Coal Miners
Coal Mining

Genre:
Documentaries and factual works

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