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  1. Too Good to Burn or SPEAKING THROUGH COAL

    Date released
    Dec 1959
    Series name
    Mining Review 13th Year
    Issue no
    4
    NoS ID
    346069
    Story no
    3 / 4

    NoS synopsis: a look at Welsh anthracite and its use as one of the most important materials in telephones (carbon granules) NCB Commentary - From the anthracite pits of Wales comes the most important...

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  2. SELF RESCUERS

    Date released
    Mar 1963
    Series name
    Mining Review 16th Year
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    346201
    Story no
    2 / 4

    BFI synopsis: small filtering masks known as self-rescuers are being used at selected pits to combat carbon monoxide fumes. NCB Commentary - Despite all our precautions, stringent safety regulations and...

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  3. Self Rescue

    Date released
    Feb 1972
    Series name
    Mining Review 25th Year
    Issue no
    6
    NoS ID
    346539
    Story no
    3 / 3

    NoS synopsis: as a protection against carbon monoxide gas every miner now carries his own ‘self-rescue’ breathing apparatus.

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  4. CHECKPOINT

    Date released
    Mar 1957
    Series name
    Mining Review 10th Year
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    345950
    Story no
    2 / 3

    NoS synopsis: Analysis of dust, air and coal samples from pits NCB Commentary - Dust in the air is only one of the hazards which miners must meet. In every Coal Board are regular checks are made on dust...

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  5. Glamorgan & Derbyshire - Progress in Safety

    Date released
    Mar 1966
    Series name
    Mining Review 19th Year
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    346323
    Story no
    3 / 3

    NoS synopsis: A safety exhibition at Glamorgan College of Technology and the ‘self rescuer’ is shown in use underground. NCB Commentary - This is coal dust - being spread in measured quantities along an...

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  6. 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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  7. MINI-MINES

    Date released
    Jul 1964
    Series name
    Mining Review 17th Year
    Issue no
    11
    NoS ID
    346252
    Story no
    2 / 4

    BFI synopsis: The model making hobby of coal board employee Percy Webb. NCB Commentary - Would you say that this was an aerial view of a modern pit? No, it’s a scale-model by Percy Webb - who works...

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  8. BIRD IN HAND

    Date released
    Feb 1952
    Series name
    Mining Review 5th Year
    Issue no
    6
    NoS ID
    345734
    Story no
    3 / 4

    BFI synopsis: cage bird show at Olympia, with the N.C.B. exhibiting pit canaries. Includes examples of pit canaries and how they are revived. NCB Commentary - Here’s a fine sight, enough to make a...

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  9. Thumbs up, Texas!

    Date released
    Nov 1941
    Series name
    The March of Time 7th Year
    Issue no
    5
    NoS ID
    352032
    Story no
    1 / 1

    The March of Time synopsis: Conflicting influences of Spanish, French and Mexican invaders have left their mark in many of the old cities, and we see picturesque Spanish settlements nestling by the side of...

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