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  [Children’s classroom. Braille typewriter.]

  Appalshop, CLIR, Guerrilla Television

  A children’s classroom. The kids sing songs. One of the children, with a visual impairment, demonstrates the use of a braille typewriter.

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  The 1975 International Special Olympics

  Appalshop, CLIR, Guerrilla Television

  A documentary about the 1975 International Special Olympics, held in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Followed by footage of mining companies conducting strip mining and a speech about government grants and economic development.

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  [The 1975 International Special Olympics – Opening Ceremony]

  Appalshop, CLIR, Guerrilla Television

  Footage of the opening ceremonies filmed for a documentary about the 1975 Special Olympics, held in Mount Pleasant, MI.

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  The 1975 International Special Olympics (Copy)

  Appalshop, CLIR, Guerrilla Television

  A documentary about the 1975 International Special Olympics, held in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.

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  [Bluegrass musicians]

  Appalshop, CLIR, Guerrilla Television

  Bluegrass musicians play an impromptu concert in the parking lot outside of a music festival. Tape also includes footage of a school orchestra rehearsing.

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  [Interviews about flooding in Newcomb, TN 1]

  Appalshop, CLIR, Guerrilla Television

  Footage taken in Newcomb, TN surveying the damage caused by strip mining, which has created conditions for frequent flooding.

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  [Interviews about flooding in Newcomb, TN 2]

  Appalshop, CLIR, Guerrilla Television

  A brief interview with residents of Newcomb, TN, where strip mining has left their community vulnerable to dangerous flooding every time it rains.

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  [Coal miner interview]

  Appalshop, CLIR, Guerrilla Television

  An interview with a former coal miner. Some distortion throughout.