Results

21-30 of 50 results | Page 3 of 5
Sort results by
  1. National Story - Right Dress

    Date released
    Apr 1966
    Series name
    Mining Review 19th Year
    Issue no
    8
    NoS ID
    346327
    Story no
    4 / 4

    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...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Record only Record only
  2. 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...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Record only Record only
  3. 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...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Record only Record only
  4. ANOTHER CENTURY

    Date released
    Jun 1956
    Series name
    Mining Review 9th Year
    Issue no
    10
    NoS ID
    345918
    Story no
    3 / 4

    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...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Record only Record only
  5. Automations

    Date released
    Aug 1959
    Series name
    Mining Review 12th Year
    Issue no
    12
    NoS ID
    346055
    Story no
    3 / 4

    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...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Record only Record only
  6. Northumberland - Throckley works

    Date released
    Jun 1966
    Series name
    Mining Review 19th Year
    Issue no
    10
    NoS ID
    346335
    Story no
    4 / 4

    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...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Record only Record only
  7. Yorkshire - NEW HEADQUARTERS

    Date released
    Dec 1966
    Series name
    Mining Review 20th Year
    Issue no
    4
    NoS ID
    346354
    Story no
    2 / 3

    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...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Record only Record only
  8. Derbyshire - Gallery

    Date released
    Jul 1965
    Series name
    Mining Review 18th Year
    Issue no
    11
    NoS ID
    346296
    Story no
    4 / 4

    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...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Record only Record only
  9. A CAR IS BORN

    Date released
    Oct 1964
    Series name
    Mining Review 18th Year
    Issue no
    2
    NoS ID
    346263
    Story no
    4 / 4

    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...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Record only Record only
  10. SLICER

    Date released
    Mar 1958
    Series name
    Mining Review 11th Year
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    345995
    Story no
    3 / 4

    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...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Record only Record only
21-30 of 50 results | Page 3 of 5
Sort results by