Westray Cowan, Paul 1947- drt Martin, Kent. pro National Film Board of Canada moving image videorecording Documentaries and Factual Films Documentary films. Documentary films. Documentaires. quc Montreal, QC National Film Board of Canada 2001 monographic eng access remote 1 online resource (80 min.). May 9, 1992. The Westray mine in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, explodes, instantly killing all 26 men working underground. Mining coal in Pictou County is notoriously dangerous. It claimed the lives of 650 men in the last 100 years, the same number that died fighting in both world wars. But Westray was supposed to be different: a high-tech operation that would finally make coal mining safe. Westray is a brilliant, innovative documentary that re-creates some of the Westray disaster's most harrowing moments. It focuses on the lives of three widows and three miners lucky enough not to be underground that day when the methane and coal dust ignited. But their lives were torn apart by the events. Meet some of the working men, who felt they had no option but to stay on at Westray. And wives, who heard the rumours, saw their men sometimes bloodied from accidents, and stood by them, hoping it would all turn out all right. This film reaches beyond Westray. It's also about working people everywhere--whose lives are often entrusted to companies that violate the most fundamental rules of safety and decency in the name of profit. adult written and directed by Paul Cowan ; produced by Kent Martin. Title from resource description page (viewed November 25, 2014). In English. n-cn-ns Westray Mine Disaster, Plymouth, Pictou, N.S., 1992 Mining explosions Nova Scotia Coal miners Nova Scotia Tragédie minière de Westray, Plymouth, Pictou, N.-É., 1992 Mineurs de charbon Nouvelle-Écosse Coal miners Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Plymouth (Pictou) Westray Mine Disaster (Plymouth, Pictou, Nova Scotia : 1992) fast (OCoLC)fst01710049 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBb3bjDfmXck98K4Dry 1992 fast 363.119622 VAST: academic video online http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?AVN2;2281052 ALSTP 141125 20241201232133.7 in00005573310 eng