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  1. Northumberland - Out of Darkness

    Date released
    May 1967
    Series name
    Mining Review 20th Year
    Issue no
    9
    NoS ID
    346372
    Story no
    2 / 3

    BFI synopsis: After 4 years of total blindness a retired miner sees again. NCB Commentary - Retired miner Sam Buglass is 81 - his wife ten years younger. He walks with the white stick of a blind man but,...

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  2. HOTHOUSE

    Date released
    May 1955
    Series name
    Mining Review 8th Year
    Issue no
    9
    NoS ID
    345873
    Story no
    3 / 3

    BFI synopsis: research by University and Coal Board scientists on what rescue-worders can physically endure. NCB Commentary - Always on call in Britain’s coalfields are the men of the Mines Rescue...

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  3. EASINGTON

    Date released
    Jul 1951
    Series name
    Mining Review 4th Year
    Issue no
    11
    NoS ID
    345707
    Story no
    1 / 4

    BFI synopsis: disaster at Easington colliery NCB Commentary - Early on the morning of May 29th, as the shifts were changing over at Easington Colliery, there was a sudden explosion in the Duckbill district...

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  4. NAILBREAKER

    Date released
    Apr 1958
    Series name
    Mining Review 11th Year
    Issue no
    8
    NoS ID
    345998
    Story no
    3 / 4

    BFI synopsis: night shift deputy Harold Cope keeps fit by weight training NCB Commentary - Night shift deputy Harold Cope has been 31 years in the pits. At 45 he claims to be one of Britain’s fittest and...

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  5. CUT & CARRY

    Date released
    Aug 1954
    Series name
    Mining Review 7th Year
    Issue no
    12
    NoS ID
    345839
    Story no
    3 / 4

    BFI synopsis: cutting and lifting coal with scraper boxes at Plean Colliery, Scotland NCB Commentary - To keep pace with the rising demand, more and more machines are needed in British mines that will load...

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  6. MINERS’ PENSIONS

    Date released
    Dec 1951
    Series name
    Mining Review 5th Year
    Issue no
    4
    NoS ID
    345725
    Story no
    1 / 3

    BFI synopsis: an explanation of a new pension scheme for the mining industry. Filmed at Snowdon Colliery, Dover accounting office. NCB Commentary - At pits all over the country, the last pay day in October...

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  7. Art in Industry

    Date released
    Jul 1981
    Series name
    Review 34th Year
    Issue no
    11
    NoS ID
    346811
    Story no
    1 / 1

    NCB Summary - The Artist in Industry Fellowship Scheme gives a painter the opportunity of working for two months at a Yorkshire Colliery. NCB synopsis: LS man (artist Paul Butler) walking L-R past hedge in...

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