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  1. Potbank (1980 Film)

    Director
    Jennifer Tann
    Subject
    Archaeology; Crafts
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A record of the last bottle-oven firing in the Potteries in August 1978 at the Gladstone Pottery Museum. Craftsmen who had not placed saggars for twenty five years returned for this unique occasion to do it...

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  2. NEW LINE

    Date released
    Dec 1954
    Series name
    Mining Review 8th Year
    Issue no
    4
    NoS ID
    345854
    Story no
    3 / 4

    BFI synopsis: Electrification of the Wath-Manchester railway line NCB Commentary - Near Doncaster the railway sidings at Wath serve over 50 collieries in the area. Here is the starting point of a newly...

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  3. HORSE SHIFT

    Date released
    Feb 1964
    Series name
    Mining Review 17th Year
    Issue no
    6
    NoS ID
    346237
    Story no
    3 / 3

    BFI synopsis: The only miners’ pack of hounds in South Wales, with Ewan MacColl singing a ballad telling the story. NCB Song lyrics - Down in the Dulais Valley there’s a pit called Abercrave, And the...

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  4. Nystagmus: 1. The Conquest of a disease

    Date released
    Nov 1953
    Series name
    Mining Review 7th Year
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    345806
    Story no
    1 / 3

    BFI synopsis: the nature of the disease, and its prevention - good lighting and surfaces reflecting as much light as possible. NCB Commentary - This is the first of a series of stories on nystagmus. What is...

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  5. BIG SHOT

    Date released
    Mar 1959
    Series name
    Mining Review 12th Year
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    346037
    Story no
    3 / 4

    BFI synopsis: Arthur Rowe, shot put champion, trains for Mining Review. NCB Commentary - Introducing Arthur Rowe, a blacksmith’s striker from North Gawber Colliery. His mates enjoy the show as the 16 pound...

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  6. PROGRESS REPORT: PITHEAD BATHS

    Date released
    May 1958
    Series name
    Mining Review 11th Year
    Issue no
    9
    NoS ID
    346000
    Story no
    1 / 4

    BFI synopsis: a report on the progress of washing facilities, from the tub by the kitchen fire to modern baths NCB Commentary - To a miner the end of the shift doesn’t mean that he’s finished with coal...

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  7. PERSONAL CALL: 4. WE VISIT COPPICe

    Date released
    Jun 1952
    Series name
    Mining Review 5th Year
    Issue no
    10
    NoS ID
    345748
    Story no
    3 / 3

    BFI synopsis: underground mechanisation at Coppice Colliery, with mechanical cutters and loaders at work, with John Slater. NCB Commentary - This month my wanderings took me up to the Cannock field, to...

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  8. Complete Race Cartoons: 3-Dvd Set (2006)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 0, 270 minutes)

    A 3-volume DVD compilation containing a total of 38 cartoon films reflecting White America’s portrayal of black culture. Volume 1 contains: ANY BONDS TODAY; THE EARLY WORM GETS THE BIRD; SEPTEMBER IN THE...

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  9. SEA-BORNE

    Date released
    Nov 1959
    Series name
    Mining Review 13th Year
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    346066
    Story no
    3 / 3

    BFI synopsis: Mining Review goes to Denmark with a cargo of British coal for Scandinavian power stations. NCB Commentary - By train through the English Countryside, go a party of coal buyers from five...

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  10. COAL: OUR WASTING ASSET

    Date released
    Feb 1954
    Series name
    Mining Review 7th Year
    Issue no
    6
    NoS ID
    345817
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: complete issue on fuel economy and fuel conservation. Film User synopsis: provides some eloquent examples of waste (criticizing, in passing, the practices of another nationalized board) and...

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