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Testing Defences Mines

Date released

29 Jul 1940

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

40/61

NoS ID

098138

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

De Valera and other watch the lowering of a mine into the sea off the Irish coast, and De Valera then tests the mine by pushing the plunger, and watches the explosion out at sea.

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Reaction to coal mine closures (1992)

Genre

Interview

Shadow Trade and Industry Secretary Robin Cook comments on the 31 coal mine closures planned claiming the taxpayer will suffer, and bills will go up. Interviewer not heard.

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Leslie Mitchell Reviews the War Time Situation at Home and Abroad: Scottish Mine Disaster

Date released

2 Nov 1939

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

543A

NoS ID

010369

Story no

2 / 10

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Colliery Disaster. DESCRIPTION: The death toll at the Valleyfield Colliery, Dunfermline was thirty five. SHOTLIST: At the Valleyfield Colliery, miners carry out rescue work while...

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Old Glengowla Lead Mine (1997 Video)

Subject

Archaeology; Engineering

Distribution

out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 min.

The Old Glengowla lead mine in County Galway, Ireland, operated from 1851 to 1865. Today, an underground trip down to water level shows old equipment and and a variety of minerals, and on the surface can be...

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Rhodesia: Queen Mother at Copper Mine

Date released

18 Jul 1957

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

2456

NoS ID

074332

Story no

1 / 8

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Glengowla (2010 Video)

Subject

Archaeology; Engineering

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 36 minutes), £12.95

Glengowla lead mine near Oughterard, County Galway in Ireland started in 1851 and mining was suspended in 1865. During that short 14 year period, "160 square fathoms" was stopped to produce 390 tonnes of...

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News in Brief: Princess Visits Mine

Date released

12 Apr 1954

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1297

NoS ID

019154

Story no

7 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Princess Margaret Visits Mine. DESCRIPTION: Princess Margaret recently paid a visit to Calverton Colliery near Nottingham, one of the most modern pits in Europe. SHOTLIST: Cut story -...

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Pier Blown Up

Date released

12 Feb 1940

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

40/13

NoS ID

097735

Story no

4 / 7

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

A pier off the East Coast is partially wrecked when a German mine explodes. Two lifeboatmen who were on the pier had just entered the boathouse when the mine exploded, but they were not injured.

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Mines and Detectors

Date released

3 Jan 1944

Series name

Warwork News

Issue no

S15/40

NoS ID

156690

Story no

2 / 4

At a mine school in Italy, men from all sections of the Army learn details of this new weapon used by Germans. This special course teaches the laying of minefields, demonstrates the use of mine-detectors...

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Blood in the Mobile (2010)

Director

Frank Piasecki Poulsen

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £5.99

Documentary about the connection between mobile phones and the civil war in the Congo. Conflict between the various armed groups is financed by the sale of minerals needed for the manufacture of cell phones....

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