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  1. Made to Measure

    Date released
    May 1938
    Series name
    Ace Cinemagazine
    Issue no
    63
    NoS ID
    349149
    Story no
    1 / 4

    NoS synopsis: The subject of weights and measures and more especially with L.C.C. Department dealing with standards. Delicate scales and measures decide the accuracy of commercial weights and measures, while...

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  2. MARK TWAIN

    Date released
    Oct 1958
    Series name
    Mining Review 12th Year
    Issue no
    2
    NoS ID
    346017
    Story no
    1 / 4

    BFI synopsis: the positioning of the second sea-boring unit off Blackhall colliery, Durham. NCB Commentary - West Hartlepool, celebrated in the annals of British shipbuilding. Today an unfamiliar structure...

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  3. Liquor Business

    Date released
    1937
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    10
    NoS ID
    352156
    Story no
    3 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: The new issue of The March of Time contains an intriguing episode entitled "Liquor Business", revolving around the powerful factions of bootlegging and prohibition which threaten...

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  4. A Dim View

    Date released
    Jan 1949
    Series name
    Mining Review 2nd Year
    Issue no
    5
    NoS ID
    345499
    Story no
    2 / 4

    NoS synopsis: A news story of fog and smoke. States that it is the worst fog for eight years making delivery of coal difficult. Urges people to use coal economically. Shows smoke cleaning measures for...

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  5. Nystagmus: 1. The Conquest of a disease

    Date released
    Nov 1953
    Series name
    Mining Review 7th Year
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    345806
    Story no
    1 / 3

    BFI synopsis: the nature of the disease, and its prevention - good lighting and surfaces reflecting as much light as possible. NCB Commentary - This is the first of a series of stories on nystagmus. What is...

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  6. THE TOWER

    Date released
    Nov 1955
    Series name
    Mining Review 9th Year
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    345895
    Story no
    3 / 3

    BFI synopsis: the giant boring tower at Seafield Colliery on the Firth of Forth. NCB Commentary - On the coast of the Firth of Forth a great new colliery begins to take shape. A few miles away stands one of...

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  7. ANY OLD IRON

    Date released
    May 1957
    Series name
    Mining Review 10th Year
    Issue no
    9
    NoS ID
    345958
    Story no
    3 / 4

    NoS synopsis: a small iron foundry operating on colliery premises. NCB Commentary - In 1856 the sinking of Shireoaks Colliery began. Already at that time a foundry had been established on the colliery...

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  8. National Story - THE AIR WE BREATHE

    Date released
    May 1966
    Series name
    Mining Review 19th Year
    Issue no
    9
    NoS ID
    346329
    Story no
    2 / 4

    BFI synopsis: air supply in the mines. NCB Commentary - The air we breathe is all around us. It’s presence is vital to life. Without it we should die. Every living thing draws its sustenance from the air...

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  9. AREA PROFILE: EAST MIDLANDS NO. 3 EDWINSTOWE

    Date released
    Sep 1956
    Series name
    Mining Review 10th Year
    Issue no
    1
    NoS ID
    345929
    Story no
    3 / 3

    BFI synopsis: Profile of the Edwinstowe Area of the East Midlands, the most productive coalfield in the country. NCB Commentary - The Edwinstowe Area of the East Midlands has its centre in the Dukeries...

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  10. FIRE DOWN BELOW

    Date released
    Feb 1952
    Series name
    Mining Review 5th Year
    Issue no
    6
    NoS ID
    345735
    Story no
    4 / 4

    BFI synopsis: fire hazards on conveyor belts and how to prevent them. NCB Commentary - Fire underground is one of mining’s greatest hazards, spreading so rapidly that often it rages out of control. After...

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