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  1. Dole Not Coal: The 1984 Miners’ Strike: The Strikers’ Story

    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £12.99

    This film pays testimony to the people and politicians supporting the strike, together with the cause and effect to the striking miners in a dispute unimaginable in modern Britain, but one that has seemingly...

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  2. Rumours at the Miners’ Fortnight (1983 Video)

    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

    South Wales miners and their families on their annual holiday in Trecco Bay discuss their history, the General Election of 1983, the forecast pit closures, the Falklands War, and the future and past of South...

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  3. Skin and Coal (1987 Video)

    Director
    Claudine Boothe
    Producer
    Claudine Boothe
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 53 min.

    Tells the story of black miners and their families in Doncaster, Leeds and Nottingham. Black miners have now established themselves within most jobs in the industry although, until relatively recently, some...

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  4. Miners’ Film, The (1974)

    Subject
    Film studies; History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 49 minutes), £8.00

    Documents the industrial action taken by miners in the winter of 1973-4 which helped to bring down Edward Heath’s Tory government. The strike is seen as part of the successful opposition against the...

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  5. Day in the Life of a Coalminer, A (1910 Film)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A typical working day in the mines of the early 1900s. The film captures the sweat and grime of the pits at a time when women and children took full share in the labour. A forerunner to today’s television...

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  6. Which Side Are You on? (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Ken Loach
    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 52 min.

    Documents aspects of the miners’ strike which began in March 1984, showing the ‘battle of Orgreave’ and the part played by the miners’ wives, the mass arrests of pickets and violence on the picket...

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  7. Still the Enemy Within (2014)

    Director
    Owen Gower
    Producer
    Owen Gower
    Subject
    Politics & government; Social sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 112 mins), £12.49

    The film tells the story of the 1984-85 British miners’ strike. Thirty years on, this is the first-hand experience of those who lived through Britain’s longest strike. In 1984, a conservative government...

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  8. Battle for Orgreave, The (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Law; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

    Attempts to analyse the events at Orgreave Coke Works in June 1985 when 95 miners were arrested and charged with riot and unlawful assembly. Stills, amateur film and eye witness accounts tell a different...

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  9. Miners’ Hymns, The (2011)

    Producer
    Bill Morrison
    Subject
    History; Music; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £16.00

    This elegy, in film and music, to the coal mining history of north east England, is the product of a collaboration between filmmaker Bill Morrison and musician and composer Johann Johannson. Collaged from...

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  10. Learning Lessons (3 Parts) (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 16 min.

    Miners look back at the 1984-85 strike and discuss what they thimk were its strengths and weaknesses. Part 1 is a debate on mass picketing. Part 2 concerns the way the strike ended and assesses the mood in...

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