Basic Info
Release: October 01, 1991
Runtime: 21 min
Rating: ⭐ 6.0/10 (1 votes)
Status: Released
"They Didn't Starve Us Out": Industrial Cape Breton in the 1920s
1991
21 min
⭐ 6.0/10
1 votes
Overview
For 200 years, coal mining had been a way of life in Cape Breton. By 1920 things were looking up: miners were unionized and paid decent wages. Then the British Empire Steel Corporation arrived and bought every single steel and coal company in Nova Scotia. BESCO cut wages by a third, setting off a bitter labour dispute. The miners settled in for a long strike. Finally, in 1925, the military ended the unrest with brute force. But the miners, in one sense, had won. They broke up the monopoly and provided an example to workers across the country.
Genres
Documentary
History
Production Countries
- Canada
Spoken Languages
- English en
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Cast
Lulu Keating
Narrator (voice)
Crew
Floyd Elliott
Producer
Patricia Kipping
Director
Ronald MacEachern
Music
Patricia Kipping
Writer
Keith Packwood
Producer
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