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NoS synopsis: Protective clothing and equipment being tested and worn on the job. NCB Commentary - Boots are made to walk in. That’s what the song says, but I sometimes wonder. There’s one thing I do...
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...
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...
BFI synopsis: reconstruction and new sinking at Valleyfield Colliery in Fife NCB Commentary - From under the waters of the Firth of Forth vast coal riches wait to be exploited by the newly remodelled...
NoS synopsis: A new type of conveyor belt using wire ropes as an alternative to rollers going through its paces. NCB Commentary - In several collieries now they’re using an improved method of running...
BFI synopsis: A new NCB brick-factory equipped with the latest automatic machinery is turning out nearly half a million bricks a week. Open-cast extraction of shale and clay (various views of the drag line...
BFI synopsis: Part of the Board’s new Headquarters at Coal House, Doncaster, into which some of the Coal Board’s staff are moving. NCB Commentary - This is Brodsworth Colliery, one of the 75 long-life...
NoS synopsis: Safety in Mines Research Establishment’s new explosion tunnel. NCB Commentary - A day’s outing by coach for a party of miners. But this is no joy ride. They’ve come up to the bleak moors...
BFI synopsis: the use of coal in the car manufacturing industry. NCB Commentary - Journeys end ... ... Over 200,000-tons of coal a year flow into the works of one of Britain’s key industries. Coal for...
BFI synopsis: a new British plough-type cutter loader (the Harwood Slicer) to produce large coal. NCB Commentary - More and more power loaders are going into British pits. Most of these fast moving machines...
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