# BEFORE THE MOUNTAIN WAS MOVED

National Archives and Records Administration BEFORE THE MOUNTAIN WAS MOVED U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) ARC Identifier 53856 / Local Identifier 306.7902. DOCUMENTS THE DRAMATIC STRUGGLE BY THE POOR MOUNTAIN PEOPLE OF RALEIGH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA, TO SAVE THEIR LAND FROM THE RAVAGES OF STRIP MINING AND TO GAIN PASSAGE OF STATE LEGISLATION FOR CONSERVING THEIR ENVIRONMENT. Made possible by a donation from Public.Resource.Org.

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1969
- By: National Archives and Records Administration
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.53856)
- Licence or status: [Public domain (Creative Commons dedication)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

Not offered: its uploader marks it public domain, and the US Copyright Office's records do not settle that it is (a record that may be another film's, a film first published abroad, a year when renewal was automatic, or a country they do not name). Unclear is not offered.