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Born of Fire: How Pittsburgh Built a Nation DVD

This documentary was co-produced by The Westmoreland and award-winning producer Bill Mosher. The film features visits to operating steel mills, views of the southwestern Pennsylvania region, interviews with historians and former Steelworkers and a visit to the galleries of The Westmoreland. Southwestern Pennsylvania. The steel making capital of the world for more than 100 years. A region built from pig iron and slag...steaming with blast furnaces, pump house and rolling mills. But this is a region -- and a story -- that documents more than the strength of steel. This is about the fragile human fabric that gives it life. For this is the story of the people who lived here, who raised entire communities in the steep hills that peered down into the mills. It's about entire generations of men and woman whose tireless efforts literally built a nation: the Brooklyn Bridge... The Empire State Building... the armaments that help a nation fight the evils of tyranny. This is about a region that influenced not only the country, but the world. It is not a story for the history books. It is a story that lives today. In books, in art, on film and in song. It is a story of shared past, and a future forged from steel. It is a story Born of Fire. 60 minutes
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