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  1. Didcot Power Station (1985 Video)

    Director
    John Irving
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min.

    Shows how Didcot Power Station in Berkshire generates electricity for the National Grid. Looks at the full production cycle from the delivery of coal to the disposal of the ash after combustion. Briefly...

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  2. Portrait of a Coalminer (2009)

    Subject
    History; Social sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 347 minutes), £24.99

    This two-disc DVD collection brings together over five hours of short films exploring the lives of the British coal miner. Remastered drama-documentaries, cartoons and news footage, all produced by the...

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  3. All out (1985 Video)

    Director
    James O’Donoghue
    Producer
    George Brandt
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Shows the activities of striking miners and the women’s support group during the period up to Christmas 1984 in the village of Penrhiwceibr in South Wales. Through an impressionistic combination of...

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  4. Portrait of a Miner : The National Coal Board (Vol 1) (2009)

    Subject
    Engineering; Film studies; History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 347 minutes), £24.99

    This 2-disc collection showcases and celebrates the extraordinary work of the National Coal Board Film Unit - operating between 1947-1984 - producing films to inform, entertain and galvanise working people...

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  5. Primary Health Care: A Team Approach (1983 Film)

    Director
    Raymond Poole
    Producer
    Roger Kruger
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows how a team comprising nurses, a community midwife, health visitors and doctors can, by working closely together, deliver an effective primary health care service to the community.

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  6. Modelling Stock Control (1979 Video)

    Producer
    J Nunn; David Saunders
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1994 sale: (M101) £60.00 (+VAT +p&p) combined with three other programmes from the course on a single cassette. 1997 sale: (MS284/VC3) £55.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The National Coal Board is the largest buyer of engineering equipment in Britain. How do they manage their ordering? With interviews shot on location in one of their largest stores depots, reveals the...

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  7. High Row (1975)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 33 minutes), £10.00 (+p&p)

    In Cumbria, near Alston, a small drift mine was licensed from the Coal Board and worked by seven men, who had given up a variety of better paid jobs in exchange for a more independent working life. Burrowed...

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  8. Miners’ Campaign Tapes, The (2009)

    Subject
    History; Media studies; Politics & government; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £9.74

    These six short films, released for the first time, are a crucial document of a cataclysmic episode of British history 25 years ago. A testament to solidarity and activism, the Miners’ Campaign Tapes...

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  9. Seacoal (1986)

    Subject
    Drama; Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 82 minutes), £15.00 (+p&p)

    A drama-documentary set in the industrial landscape of power station and pit, framing the blackened beach of Lynemouth where, for generations, local people and travellers have made their living from...

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  10. Addressing the Nation: Gpo Film Unit Volume 1 (2008)

    Director
    Alberto Cavalcanti; Len Lye; Humphrey Jennings; Basil Wright
    Producer
    John Grierson
    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £24.99

    The first of three deluxe double-disc box sets presenting all the key films of the GPO Film Unit on DVD for the first time. The complete collection includes legendary filmmakers such as John Grierson, Len...

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