1 videodisc (approximately 92 min.) : sound, color digital ; 4 3/4 in polychrome digital optical mixed video file DVD video
Other Title:
Pit pony (Made-for-TV movie)
Notes:
Based on the book by Joyce Barkhouse Set in Nova Scotia, Canada in 1901. When his father is injured in a mine accident, young Willie MacLean goes to work there to save his family from starvation. In the mines he helps train one of the little "pit ponies" to pull ore carts. When an accident strikes the mine, Willie's life depends on the courage of the little pony Originally broadcast as a television movie on the CBC network in 1997 Director of photography, Nikos Evdemon ; editor, T.C. Martin II ; music by Jonathan Goldsmith ; casting by John Dunsworth ; costume design, Jeanie Kimber ; production design, Marian Wihak Richard Donat, Denny Doherty, Gabriel Hogan, Jeremy Akerman, Rhonda McClean, Jennie Raymond, Ben Rose-Davis DVD Closed captioned
