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  1. 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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  2. Coalmining Women (1982 Video)

    Producer
    Elizabeth Barrett
    Subject
    Sociology; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 40 min.

    Interwoven into this history, which includes a historical synopsis of the British situation, is an account by one woman, Barbara Angle, disabled in a mining accident.

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  3. Coal: The Bridge (1983 Video)

    Director
    Peter de Normanville
    Producer
    Douglas Gordon
    Subject
    Environmental science; Technology
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Demonstrates the origin and qualities of coal - its efficiency, versatility and abundance. Argues that coal could become the bridge between the age of oil and the new energy sources of the 21st century....

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  4. Tinker (1949)

    Director
    Herbert P. J. Marshall
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 73 minutes), £12.99

    A drama documentary (1949) about a young gypsy boy who enrols in the training school of the newly nationalised coal industry. The film was shot on location in the Durham mining villages with a...

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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. Stripping of Appalachia, The (1972 Film)

    Director
    John Slater
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The Appalachian countryside in the United States is gradually being denuded by strip coal mining. Shows how natural resources are being exploited without regard to the ecological changes which affect both...

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  9. Terrible Price, The - Gresford 1934 (2006)

    Director
    Martin Smith
    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (60 minutes), £15.99

    A documentary about the Gresford (Wrexham) mining disaster of 1934. Shown on the 70th anniversary of the disaster on BBC in Wales only, this film tells the story of a man-made tragedy which cost the lives of...

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  10. 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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