Appalachia Rich Land Poor People (1968)

National Educational Television Wednesday November 13 1968 on NETs Brand New NET Journal Week on 1960 RCA TV The land is rich with coal yet its residents are denied adequate food housing or medical care This the Appalachian region was the nations first designated poverty area This film focuses upon Eastern Kentucky where mechanization of the mines is replacing people and jobs A lack of education and other working skills makes these residents prisoners of the land as seen by a discerning interview with a local family