Miners are killed and injured when the locomotive of a train in which the workmen were riding explodes in Powellton, West Virginia. People gathered around the wrecked locomotive. Men inspect the wreckage. A damaged house near the wreckage. Group of four sad looking young boys seated near the site. Two of these children are wearing early flyer hat and goggles as part of play costumes. The right eye of one boy appears to be slightly injured and swollen. They are looking sad and dirty. A young boy and a young girl wearing overalls look very sad and tired. Fire blazing on embankment beside railroad tracks.
Scenes from the labor dispute and uprising known as the Battle of Blair Mountain. Opening scene shows Sheriff's Deputies firing down upon miners from a hillside in Logan County, West Virginia. One of them is armed with a Model 1917 Browning machine gun. Scene shifts to group of Union miners, cleaning and adjusting their rifles and shotguns. One wears a metal Army helmet. Several more pose for the camera, holding their guns. One of them also wears an Army steel helmet. They check the actions of their weapons. Closeup of one in a steel helmet. Next scene shows miner families leaving the area in horse-drawn wagons. Change of scene shows a group of men boarding a railroad train car. An armed U.S. Army soldier in uniform stands nearby. The final scene shows Sheriff Don Chafin of Logan County, posing with U.S. Army Brigadier General Henry H. Bandholtz.
View from mountain overlooking the Ford Motor Company coal mining town where 900 miners are employed at Twin Branch, West Virginia. From mountain overlooking the scene, camera pans across Lodging and other buildings, near river, and to the town, itself. Scene shifts to ground-level where several homes and cars are seen as well as a canal. A steam shovel is seen digging near the site of a new dam. It loads earth into dump trailers pulled by Fordson tractors. Closeup of the tractors pulling their loads to the dam site, and returning empty.
Damage caused due to flooding of the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia in March of 1936. Houses in the area covered by flood waters. Flooded streets. A man aboard a rescue boat. A woman and her child being rescued. A railroad trestle bridge at Harpers Ferry with water rushing underneath it, shortly before the river crested and the bridge was carried away by the flood. Hands of a person with weather reporting ticker tape running through his hands, showing details of the flood in Harpers Ferry.
Aerial views from aircraft flying over The Greenbrier Resort buildings, golf course, and tennis courts in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, in the United States. People seen below playing golf and tennis. (This footage was shot during reopening festivities for the resort in 1948, after it had been closed and used as a government medical facility in World War 2.)
The Greenbrier Resort at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, United States. Flag of Mexico and Red Ensign of Canada flank the U.S. flag at front of the building. President Dwight D. Eisenhower chats with Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada, who waves his hat to crowd of spectators standing in cordoned off area. President Eisenhower shakes hands with Mexican President, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines. Secrtetary of State, John Foster Dulles, stands behind President Eisenhower. The three heads of state pose for photographers.
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