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Interview with NUM President Arthur Scargill prior to the 1983 General Election where he speaks about the necessity of electing a Labour Government and about a merger between the NUM and ISTC. Male...
Report on a methane gas explosion at a coal mine in Ermelo, east of Johannesburg, which has killed 34. Head of the Black National Union of Mine Workers, Cyril Ramaphosa, is highly critical of the mine’s...
Speech by NUM President Arthur Scargill at a miners’ rally in Bradford where he attacks the Conservative Government over their policies towards pensioners and the elderly. Poor quality audio.
Archive interview from 24/01/74 with now outgoing NUM President Joe Gormley on the rejection by the Conservative Government led by Edward Heath of the miners’ wage demands and on the possibility of a...
Report on a speech (with extracts) by Labour MP Tony Benn on 11/05/83, to a meeting of the South Wales miners’ lodges in Porthcawl, where he speaks about the necessity of returning a Labour Government in...
BFI synopsis: A look at the miner’s safety lamp. NCB Commentary - They used to say "Don’t go down the mine, daddy," but for hundreds of years miners have done just that. In the early years the coal was...
Interview with a mine inspector on the shortage of mine inspectors because of budget cuts by the Health and Safety Executive. He believes there aren’t enough inspectors to keep mines safe.
Jim Greensmith fills in the background to the upcoming vote for the NUM Presidency between current postholder Arthur Scargill and the more moderate John Walsh. And looks at the policies and views of the 2...
Lyme Hall, nr. Stockport - Property of National Trust is threatened with prospect of open-cast coal mining. Carrington Coppice, nr Derby - Work goes ahead on this site. Wentworth Hall, nr Sheffield - work is...
NUM President Joe Gormley explains how he used his casting vote as chairman twice earlier today. He stresses it is not possible to negotiate a settlement in a single session; there is a need for patience,...
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