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  1. OLYMPIC FLAME

    Date released
    Jan 1957
    Series name
    Mining Review 10th Year
    Issue no
    5
    NoS ID
    345943
    Story no
    3 / 4

    BFI synopsis: The 1956 Olympic flame being transferred to a lamp donated by Saar miners. NCB Commentary - The location - fabled Olympia in Greece. The occasion - the kindling of the Olympic Flame for the...

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  2. NO SMOKING

    Date released
    Mar 1964
    Series name
    Mining Review 17th Year
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    346239
    Story no
    2 / 4

    BFI synopsis: The production of a new smokeless fuel by the NCB, hexagonal in shape, which burns with a bright flame - Homefire. NCB Commentary - In the Warwickshire countryside, the backroom boys have come...

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  3. 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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  4. National Story - Pounds Shillings and Sense

    Date released
    Oct 1965
    Series name
    Mining Review 19th Year
    Issue no
    2
    NoS ID
    346305
    Story no
    1 / 4

    NoS synopsis: A long-lasting light bulb for underground use NCB Commentary - Like any big industry, the Coal Board uses a great many different things in huge quantities. It save money by buying them...

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  5. Mussolini’s Diplomatic Conquest

    Date released
    Feb 1936
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    352137
    Story no
    3 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: Few tourists today visit the capital of Albania, smallest of the Balkan kingdoms. Fewer still see Europe’s only self-made sovereign. Zog the First, whose closest friend today is...

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  6. GASPIPE

    Date released
    Mar 1954
    Series name
    Mining Review 7th Year
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    345821
    Story no
    3 / 4

    BFI synopsis: Methane drainage and ulitisation at Haig Colliery, Whitehaven. The gas is piped from the colliery to the local gasworks and mixed with town gas and used by the residents of Whitehaven NCB...

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  7. COAL FOR STEEL

    Date released
    Jun 1958
    Series name
    Mining Review 11th Year
    Issue no
    10
    NoS ID
    346005
    Story no
    2 / 3

    BFI synopsis: coal’s part in the production of steel NCB Commentary - Into this major British steel works streams coal, essential raw material. To start with, it will be turned into coke to feed the blast...

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  8. VERTICOAL

    Date released
    Mar 1954
    Series name
    Mining Review 7th Year
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    345822
    Story no
    4 / 4

    BFI synopsis: Mining in vertical seams at Gilmerton Colliery. Miners John Ross and John May are seen at work in the vertical seams. NCB Commentary - At Gilmerton Colliery, just outside Edinburgh, the way...

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