Resource
Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man
Resource Type
Videos, AV Materials
Reference Title
Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man
Organization/Agency
Appalshop
Year
1975
Topic Location
West Virginia
Abstract/Additional Information
Documentary on the collapse of a company-owned coal-waste dam that left 4,000 homeless and took more than 125 lives in the West Virginia coal mining region of Buffalo Creek on February 26, 1972. Uses newsreel footage, old photographs, newspaper headlines, personal interviews, aerial views, and an automobile tour. Video - 40 min.
