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  1. Surviving Aberfan (2008)

    Director
    Steve Humphries
    Subject
    History; Social Studies

    Documentary about the Aberfan disaster in south Wales in October 1966. The people of Aberfan tell their stories of tragic loss, miraculous survival and heroic rescue. [60 minutes]

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  2. Craftsmen of Dinorwic (1974 Video)

    Director
    Romola Christopherson
    Subject
    Archaeology; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 20 min.

    Shows the Dinorwic slate quarry, Llanberis, North Wales, and the men and crafts associated with it and its workshops. Retired men returned to Dinorwic to demonstrate their skills for the camera. A quarryman...

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  3. Roof Bolting in Metal Mines (194 Film)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Demonstrates roof bolting and points out its advantages in preventing accidents and in increasing production. Describes wedge type roof bolts.

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  4. Other Virtuosos, The (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Coe
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Explains the rise of the brass bands, for example the Black Dyke Mills Band, in industrial Victorian Britain. Discusses the relationship between the workers who played in the band and the employers who...

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  5. Aberfan: The Green Hollow (2016)

    Subject
    Literature

    A film poem commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster, performed by Michael Sheen, Jonathan Pryce, Sian Phillips, Eve Myles and Iwan Rheon. [60 minutes]

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  6. Density and Viscosity in Mineral Processing (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Starts by showing how ores are extracted from an underground mine in Cornwall and looks at the variety of minerals found in these ores. Then looks at ways of separating minerals from mined ore using...

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  7. Remember Aberfan (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Catrine Clay
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Visits the small minig village of Aberfan in South Wales where, on 21 October 1966, the coal tip above the village collapsed and slid down the hillside, killing over 140 people, many of them children from...

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  8. Sneyd Pit Disaster

    Producer
    Ray Johnson
    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £12.99

    This documentary is dedicated to the memory of the 57 men and boys who lost their lives on New Year’s Day, 1942. The explosion at Sneyd is put into the context of wartime, explained by experts at Apedale...

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  9. Nenthead Lead Mines (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 18 min., 1998 sale: £9.87 (inclusive)

    Looks at old mineshafts in the area around Nenthead in Cumbria. Shows surface views of buildings and the smelt mill wheelpit, and then goes underground.to show an underground horse-whim chamber, various...

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  10. Double Vision: Boxing for Hartlepool (1987)

    Subject
    Sociology; Sports science
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), £15.00 (+p&p)

    George Bowes was a professional boxer whose career spanned the economic boom years of the late fifties and sixties. He was also a face worker at Blackhall colliery in Co. Durham during the period of...

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