Summary: Illustrates the methods and equipment used in strip mining and underground mining in West Virginia. Explains the formation of veins of coal, and the importance of coal in the nation's economy.

Credits: Producer and director, John Flory; screenplay, Katherine Coldwell; narrator, Nicki Burnett; photographer, John Ercole.

© Flory Films, Inc.; 1Dec48; MP4080.

COALMINE BOOGIE. Soundies Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm. A Filmcraft production.

Credits: Producer and director, William Forest Crouch.

© Soundies Films, Inc.; 30Dec46; MP1775. (See also Coalmine Boogie; 10Mar47; MP1912)

COALMINE BOOGIE. Soundies Films, Inc., c1947. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm. A Filmcraft production.

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

© Soundies Films, Inc.; 10Mar47; MP1912. (See also Coalmine Boogie; 30Dec46; MP1775)

THE COAST GUARD LEADS THE WAY. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.