Movies and TvShows featuring "mine-disaster" theme.

In "The Ice Road," a group of truck drivers must navigate across a frozen lake to deliver equipment and rescue trapped miners after a mine disaster. Along the way, they face various challenges including corporate corruption, treacherous conditions, and personal conflicts. As they race against time, the truck drivers must overcome obstacles to save the lives of the miners.

How Green Was My Valley tells the story of a family living in a coal mining town in Wales. The film follows their struggles with poverty, grief, and the hardships of working-class life. Through it all, they find joy and resilience in their tight-knit community.

In the early 1900s, a mining accident in a small town leads to the deaths of many children. Years later, a widow and her daughters move into a house near the abandoned mining camp, unaware of the dark secret that lies beneath. The town's dark past comes back to haunt them as the vengeful zombie children rise from the dead to seek revenge.

A team of Chilean miners are trapped underground for months and hold out for a miraculous rescue.

A coal miner, mourning the loss of his friend, takes his daughter on one last retirement party at an abandoned mine. However, they soon find themselves trapped in the underground mine, with limited oxygen and no way out. As the lack of oxygen starts to affect their minds, they begin to experience hallucinations and the line between reality and insanity blurs. With tensions rising, they must find a way to survive and escape before it's too late.

If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the boom. We follow a group of young men that can't seem to get ahead, despite their willingness to try. Then one hits upon a plane - to work together to save for a dump truck and thus become independent contractors and be their own bosses at last. Ultimately life presents obstacles: jail for one, violence at the hands of the police for another and a girlfriend and subsequent children for the third. An early Kinji Fukasaku gem that imports the freewheeling style of the French New Wave and the hip detachment of American noir.

After returning from the Korean War, a medical officer faces personal challenges such as alcoholism and jealousy. He also witnesses corruption in a small mining town. With the support of a nurse, he tries to overcome his problems and find redemption.

The Clairvoyant is a movie about a clairvoyant who can predict disasters. He gets involved in a court case and a mining accident, all while dealing with his wife leaving him. As he predicts a train wreck, jealousy and tragedy unfold. The movie explores themes of psychic abilities and the consequences of foreseeing the future.

When a cave in threatens the lives of four miners, including a father and son, it becomes a fight for survival. The superintendent (Mimi Rogers) struggles against the ticking clock to save her crew and family from impending doom.

The Toilers (1928)

After his brother is killed in a mine disaster, a man fights against corruption and intimidation to seek justice and protect his family's property.

Scotland's First Oil Rush is a captivating documentary that explores the fascinating history of the oil industry in Scotland. From the discovery of crude oil to the development of mining techniques, it delves into the impact this industry had on Scottish history and the British Empire. Through interviews with geologists, inventors, and industrialists, as well as the use of archive footage, the film sheds light on the social and economic implications of Scotland's oil rush. The documentary also explores the cultural significance of oil, from its role in lubricants, oil lamps, and candles to its influence on working-class culture. With stunning aerial camera shots and engaging storytelling, Scotland's First Oil Rush captures the spirit of exploration and innovation that shaped the oil industry in Scotland.

Wealthy Cynthia is in love with not-so-wealthy Roger, who is married to Marcia. The threesome is terribly modern about the situation, and Marcia will gladly divorce Roger if Cynthia agrees to a financial settlement. But Cynthia's wealth is in jeopardy because her trust fund will expire if she is not married by a certain date. To satisfy that condition, Cynthia arranges to marry Hagon Derk, who is condemned to die for a crime he didn't commit. She pays him so he can provide for his little sister. But at the last minute, Derk is freed when the true criminal is discovered. Expecting to be a rich widow, Cynthia finds herself married to a man she doesn't know and doesn't want to.

Two truck drivers fired by the crooked trucking firm they worked for start their own company. Their former boss, worried about the competition, tries everything he can to drive them out of business, from sending his pretty daughter to seduce them to having his henchmen sabotage their trucks.

In 1972 a coal-waste dam owned by the Pittston Company collapsed at the head of a crowded hollow in southern West Virginia. A wall of sludge, debris, and water tore through the valley below, leaving in its wake 125 dead and 4,000 homeless. Interviews with survivors, representatives of union and citizen’s groups, and officials of the Pittston Company are juxtaposed with actual footage of the flood and scenes of the ensuing devastation. As reasons for the disaster are sought out and examined, evidence mounts that company officials knew of the hazard in advance of the flood, and that the dam was in violation of state and federal regulations. The Pittston Company, however, continued to deny any wrongdoing, maintaining that the disaster was an “act of God.”

Labor union movie from Edison Studios.