Heritage Minutes: Maurice Ruddick

Gallery

Miner Maurice Ruddick recounts the 1958 Springhill mine disaster.

Cast

Ardon BessMaurice Ruddick

Full cast and crew

Similar

Wicked Little Things

Film, 2006

Karen, Sarah, and Emma Tunney are all moving to a small town in Pennsylvania where, unknown to them, in 1913, a horrid mine accident trapped dozens of children alive, underground. But there's a problem. They're still alive.

How Green Was My Valley

Rated 7.3 on TMDB

Film, 1941

Huw Morgan, the academically inclined youngest son in a proud family of Welsh coal miners, witnesses the tumultuous events of his young life during a period of rapid social change. At the dawn of the 20th-century, a miners' strike divides the Morgans: the sons demand improvements, and the father doesn't want to rock the boat.

Lost on a Mountain in Maine

Rated 7.1 on TMDB

Film, 2024

When twelve-year-old Donn Fendler gets tired of waiting for his father and brothers to join him on the summit of Maine's highest peak, he decides to find his own way back to camp. But Donn doesn't count on a fast-moving fog that obscures the path. He doesn't count on falling down an embankment that hides him from sight. And he doesn't count on taking a turn that leaves him alone to wander aimlessly for nearly two weeks in the empty mountain wilderness.

PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie

Rated 8.3 on TMDB

Film, 2026

The Paw Patrol lands on a mysterious dinosaur island after a storm, where they meet Rex, a stranded pup. When Humdinger's reckless mining triggers a volcano, the team faces their biggest rescue mission yet to save the island.

White Fang

Rated 6.7 on TMDB

Film, 1991

Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.

October Sky

Rated 7.7 on TMDB

Film, 1999