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Shows a local coal merchant, Martin Waldron, collecting and delivering coal in rural Hampshire, two days before he gave up his business because of falling orders for domestic solid fuel. He talks about how...
Viewfinder 77 was published in December 2009 and includes the supplement Media Online Focus (download MOF issue 38 in PDF format here). Contents of this issue: OPEN UNIVERSITY AFTER 40 YEARS The...
Demonstrates the origin and qualities of coal - its efficiency, versatility and abundance. Argues that coal could become the bridge between the age of oil and the new energy sources of the 21st century....
This documentary tells the story of the Pretoria Pit Disaster of 21 December 1910 in which 344 men and boys died, after an explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit, near Bolton, Lancashire. The film...
Identifies some of the geological complexities in coalfields and explains their origins. Illustrates how, as a consequence of changes in mining practices, more information is now needed about the geology of...
A drama documentary (1949) about a young gypsy boy who enrols in the training school of the newly nationalised coal industry. The film was shot on location in the Durham mining villages with a...
Looks at the model of capitalism and assesses to what extent it applies to non-capitalist forms of production viz. a workers’ co-operative and a coal mine, both in South Wales. The need to make a profit to...
This film pays testimony to the people and politicians supporting the strike, together with the cause and effect to the striking miners in a dispute unimaginable in modern Britain, but one that has seemingly...
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