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"They Didn't Starve Us Out": Industrial Cape Breton in the 1920s

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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…

DirectorPatricia Kipping
WriterPatricia Kipping
ProducersFloyd Elliott·Keith Packwood

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Cast · Directed by Patricia Kipping

LKLulu Keating
Lulu Keating
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