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Mechanization Aids Coal Output

Date released

12 May 1947

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

1755

NoS ID

149315

Story no

2 / 4

National Coal Board modernizes coal mines.

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Energy Resources: Coal (1985 Video)

Subject

Environmental science; Geography; Geology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p)

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...

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Robin Cook on pit closures (1994)

Genre

Interview

Shadow Trade and Industry Secretary, Robin Cook condemns the closure of a further three coal mines. He says the pits closed this week are profitable but the Government have created a market that does not...

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MOVING ENERGY

Date released

Aug 1969

Series name

Mining Review 22nd Year

Issue no

12

NoS ID

346458

Story no

1 / 1

BFI synopsis: More than half of the energy consumed by the nation comes from Britain’s coal mines - and all of it has to be moved.

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Mechanical Design in Lifts (1981 Video)

Subject

Design; Engineering

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Lifts, or cages as they are known in coal mines, are studied as examples of integrated mechanical design. The programme considers the influences of the dynamics and kinematics on the design of various...

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Historical Disasters: Black Christmas (2012)

Subject

History

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...

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At the Coal Face (2003)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 59 minutes), £17.99

Two films from the 1940s on coal mining - THE CUMBERLAND STORY and RHONDDA AND WYE - combined on one tape.

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Coal Mines

Date released

19 Mar 1951

Series name

New Pictorial

Issue no

340

NoS ID

119076

Story no

1 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

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Miners strike - Ian MacGregor on coal economics (1984)

Genre

Speech

Speech by NCB Chairman Ian MacGregor on how British mines need to become more economical to survive, comparing costs of coal from around the world and defending NCB investment in the industry. Speaking...

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Heseltine gives reasons for coal mine closures (1992)

Genre

Interview

Interview with President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine, on the economic reasons in electricity supply for the recent proposals to close 31 coal mines and the redundancy payments scheme. Peter...

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