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Up a Coal Mine

Date released

6 Sep 1954

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1318

NoS ID

019495

Story no

2 / 10

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Up a Coal Mine. DESCRIPTION: In the Canadian Rockies of Southern Alberta, an open cast coal mine produces vast quantities of soft coal. Lorries bring the coal from the mine 7,000 feet...

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Ian MacGregor coal board appointment (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Ian MacGregor, following his appointment as Chairman of the National Coal Board (NCB). Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

IRN Audio of the Decade [part] - nd [1983-1988]

IRN Audio of the Decade [part]. Track 1- 1985; Track 2- 1986; Track 3- 1987; Track 4- 1988; Track 5- End of feed. For the piece on Hungerford in track 3, see also AV769/557/S1. News of 1985: Manchester...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Derek Ezra on renewal of job as head of coal board (1976)

Genre

Interview

Sir Derek Ezra on renewal of his contract as head of Coal Board for three years, following the resignation of Richard Marsh and dismissal of Monty Finniston, heads of other nationalised industries....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

MacGregor coal board appointment (1983)

Genre

Interview

Telephone interview with Scottish miners’ leader Mick McGahey, on the appointment of British Steel Corporation Chairman Ian MacGregor as the head of the National Coal Board (NCB). Male interviewer not...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Mining leaders on age of retirement (1977)

Genre

News report; Interview

Coal Board Chairman, Sir Derek Ezra on the debate over early retirement for miners. Ezra says that workers under ground will be included but that the Coal Board cannot include above ground workers in the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Arthur Scargill on MacGregor coal board appointment (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with NUM President Arthur Scargill on the appointment of British Steel Corporation Chairman Ian MacGregor as the head of the National Coal Board (NCB). Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Miners strike - Arthur Scargill on accusations of prolonging dispute (1985)

Genre

Interview

Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers, claims it is the National Coal Board and Government who are prolonging the coal strike despite claims made by the Coal Board’s Ian MacGregor...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Coal Board chairman on profits (1989)

Genre

Interview

Interview with British Coal Board chairman, Sir Robert Haslam, on a record operating profit of almost £500million. He says the profits justify the closing of pits and laying off of staff. He also talks...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Coal industry future and cutbacks (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Norman Siddall, outgoing Chairman of the National Coal Board (NCB), on when the coal industry may become profitable and cuts including mine closures. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio