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MINING PORTRAIT: A PIT FITTER

Date released

May 1962

Series name

Mining Review 15th Year

Issue no

9

NoS ID

346171

Story no

2 / 3

BFI synopsis: John Elliott, a Foreman Fitter at Harraton Colliery, County Durham, describes his job in the pit

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Blacksmiths of Chatham Dockyard (1983 Video)

Director

Tony Othen; Angus Petrie

Producer

Philip Sugg

Subject

Technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min.

An archival record of the blacksmith’s shop at Chatham dockyard showing a number of craft skills: forging, chain making and testing, spring making, locksmithing, stanchion making and galvanising. The...

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Scenes from ‘Hamlet’ (1927 Radio)

Scenes from Shakespeare’s Hamlet adapted for radio by Donald Davies. With Murray Carrington in the title role. The music is performed by the Cardiff Station Trio with George Pizzey (baritone).

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Visions of Change - The Evolution of the British TV Documentary

Date

31 Mar 2016, 16:28

Author

Ben Hodson

Post Type

BUFVC Article

The British Film Institute continues its re-evaluation of the British documentary tradition with Visions of Change, an extensive collection of television films made during the 1950s and 1960s. Dr Ieuan...

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DOUBLE DUTCH

Date released

Apr 1957

Series name

Mining Review 10th Year

Issue no

8

NoS ID

345953

Story no

2 / 4

NoS synopsis: new methods of tracing gas leaks in the mains devised by Dutch engineers. NCB Commentary - Subsidence in mining districts is a common happening. Houses and roads, and what lies beneath the...

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Leicestershire - COLEORTON

Date released

Oct 1966

Series name

Mining Review 20th Year

Issue no

2

NoS ID

346348

Story no

2 / 3

BFI synopsis: The ancient home of the Beaumont family, Coleorton Hall, as an area headquarters for the NCB. NCB Commentary - Deep in Leicestershire’s county-side, not far from Ashby, stands Coleorton...

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TURN ROUND

Date released

Jul 1952

Series name

Mining Review 5th Year

Issue no

11

NoS ID

345749

Story no

1 / 4

BFI synopsis: co-operative stevedores at Grimsby docks unloading pit props for the mines. NCB Commentary - It’s a gray dawn at Immingham as a 4,000 ton Swedish freighter docks at the end of her Atlantic...

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COLLIERS COLLIEs

Date released

Jan 1958

Series name

Mining Review 11th Year

Issue no

5

NoS ID

345987

Story no

2 / 3

BFI synopsis: a Northumbrian miner’s hobby - the breeding of collies NCB Commentary - Joe Fail is shop foreman at Seaton Delavel pit. In mining all his life, he came to this pit 15 years ago. When Joe...

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Nottinghamshire - Coal Grown

Date released

Apr 1968

Series name

Mining Review 21st Year

Issue no

8

NoS ID

346407

Story no

3 / 4

NoS synopsis: African violets, popular house plants, are literally reared on coal NCB Commentary - This house at Lambley is the home of Mr. G. J. Wicks. Mr. Wicks has the distinction of being Britain’s...

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Yorkshire: SAFETY FAST

Date released

May 1954

Series name

Mining Review 7th Year

Issue no

9

NoS ID

345827

Story no

1 / 3

BFI synopsis: the Seckar man-riding invention at Haig Drift mine, Yorkshire. Show the man-riding in operation which saves miners a 50 minute walk. NCB Commentary - Under this pleasant Yorkshire countryside...

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