This Walt Disney children's film is set In an area of 1909 Yorkshire and is about two boys who set about saving redundant pit ponies from the slaughter house and the ponies then in turn help the children to save miners after they've been trapped after an underground explosion.—Tonyman 5
When the owner of a Yorkshire coal-mine decides to mechanize to increase profits, the mine's pit ponies are scheduled to be destroyed. So, three children plan to steal them to keep them safe. But when they're caught, it's up to the mine owners and the miners themselves to decide what's right.