Red metal : the Copper Country strike of 1913 / a Saybrook Productions Ltd. production in association with Detroit Public Television ; produced, written, and directed by Jonathan Silvers.

An epic labor strike that devastated Michigan's Copper Country in 1913 haunts the American labor movement to this day. Among the notable elements of that strike was the death of 73 children at a union Christmas party, a tragedy immortalized by Woody Guthrie in his ballad '1913 Massacre,' performed i...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Saybrook Productions, Ltd Detroit Public Television Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) (Broadcaster) PBS Distribution (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors:	Silvers, Jonathan (Film producer, Film director) Harris, Richard (Producer) (Narrator)
Language:	English
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Copper Miners' Strike, Mich., 1913-1914. Italian Hall Disaster, Calumet, Mich., 1913. Massacres > Michigan > History. Calumet and Hecla Mining Company > History.
Local Note:	LM copy 1 housed in the audiovisual collection.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Copper Country strike of 1913.
Format:	Video DVD

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