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Reaching a Pitch

Date released

Jun 1938

Series name

Ace Cinemagazine

Issue no

68

NoS ID

349178

Story no

3 / 4

NoS synopsis: The London Passenger Transport Board’s lost property office showing the intricate filing system of the department

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Lost Property

Series name

Middle East Newspots

Issue no

30

NoS ID

327076

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SKIRL

Date released

Sep 1961

Series name

Mining Review 15th Year

Issue no

1

NoS ID

346140

Story no

1 / 4

BFI synopsis: John McMinn, a disabled miner who lost his hand in an accident, still plays the bagpipes

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Fighting ‘Flu

Date released

1962

Series name

The Way Ahead (Wyvern)

Issue no

3

NoS ID

352957

Story no

2 / 7

NoS synopsis: Administering ‘Flu vaccine to workers to combat thousands of man hours lost due to ‘flu.

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Talent Scout

Date released

Jan 1949

Series name

Mining Review 2nd Year

Issue no

5

NoS ID

345500

Story no

3 / 4

NoS synopsis: Rotherham United, the mainly miners’ football club (8 of their players are full-time miners). Follows Rotherham scout, Joe McGuire, to a colliery match at Frickely (Yorkshire). Rotherham...

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THE FIGHTING HARVEYS

Date released

Jun 1962

Series name

Mining Review 15th Year

Issue no

10

NoS ID

346175

Story no

3 / 3

BFI synopsis: five miner brothers from Thornley Colliery, County Durham, who are dedicated to boxing. NCB Commentary - Clocking in at Thornley Colliery are the ‘fighting Harveys’ - five brothers who are...

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Railroad Renaissance

Date released

1937

Series name

The March of Time 3rd Year

Issue no

2

NoS ID

352165

Story no

2 / 3

The March of Time synopsis: The new issue of the March of Time contains a topical episode entitled "Railroad Renaissance" dramatising the efforts of the American railway companies to combat the remarkable...

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Nottinghamshire - 50 Years On

Date released

Apr 1966

Series name

Mining Review 19th Year

Issue no

8

NoS ID

346325

Story no

2 / 4

NoS synopsis: A National Coal Board training officer, Fred Draycott, looks back over his 50 years in mining NCB Commentary - After fifty years of mining, Fred Draycott is taking his last ride up the shaft....

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SHAFT STUDY

Date released

May 1959

Series name

Mining Review 12th Year

Issue no

9

NoS ID

346045

Story no

3 / 3

BFI synopsis: work study survey of shaft operations. Method Study Department sets out to make the safest and most effective use of the industry’s resources. NCB Commentary - The stop-watch comes into its...

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REPORT ON RHEUMATISM

Date released

Mar 1953

Series name

Mining Review 6th Year

Issue no

7

NoS ID

345780

Story no

4 / 4

BFI synopsis: research work on the causes and cure of rheumatism in miners at a miners’ clinic - Walkden Clinic, Manchester. NCB Commentary - Mining is a tough job. However much is done to improve...

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