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  1. BLAST IT!

    Date released
    Jun 1963
    Series name
    Mining Review 16th Year
    Issue no
    10
    NoS ID
    346211
    Story no
    3 / 4

    BFI synopsis: at the Stanton and Stavely Ironworks, near Nottingham, coal is used to fire No. 5 blast furnace. NCB Commentary - Once iron was smelted - extracted from the iron ore - with charcoal. Then...

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  2. ANY OLD IRON

    Date released
    May 1957
    Series name
    Mining Review 10th Year
    Issue no
    9
    NoS ID
    345958
    Story no
    3 / 4

    NoS synopsis: a small iron foundry operating on colliery premises. NCB Commentary - In 1856 the sinking of Shireoaks Colliery began. Already at that time a foundry had been established on the colliery...

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  3. COAL FOR CARS

    Date released
    Jan 1958
    Series name
    Mining Review 11th Year
    Issue no
    5
    NoS ID
    345988
    Story no
    3 / 3

    NoS synopsis: the part coal plays in the British motor car industry illustrated at the Ford factory in Dagenham NCB Commentary - As in any big industry, motor transport today plays a big part in the...

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  4. COAL FOR STEEL

    Date released
    Jun 1958
    Series name
    Mining Review 11th Year
    Issue no
    10
    NoS ID
    346005
    Story no
    2 / 3

    BFI synopsis: coal’s part in the production of steel NCB Commentary - Into this major British steel works streams coal, essential raw material. To start with, it will be turned into coke to feed the blast...

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  5. Steam for Steel

    Date released
    1957
    Series name
    Babcock Review
    Issue no
    4
    NoS ID
    352823
    Story no
    4 / 4

    Babcock and Wilcox synopsis: This item shows something of the dramatic process of steel making at the new Ravenscraig Works of Colvilles Ltd., in Scotland. It indicates that much of the steel plate used by...

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  6. FUTURE DEFINITE

    Date released
    Aug 1957
    Series name
    Mining Review 10th Year
    Issue no
    12
    NoS ID
    345967
    Story no
    1 / 4

    BFI synopsis: inauguration of Parkside colliery, Lancashire, and the first coal from Kinneil NCB Commentary - A new name joins the list of British collieries - the first pit to be sunk in Lancashire for over...

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  7. COALS FOR CHINA

    Date released
    Sep 1958
    Series name
    Mining Review 12th Year
    Issue no
    1
    NoS ID
    346015
    Story no
    3 / 4

    BFI synopsis: making of porcelain and china at the Royal Worcester Porcelain Works. NCB Commentary - The "Arcturus" coal serves a factory on the banks of the canal where fine Porcelain has been made for...

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  8. FORGING THE LINK

    Date released
    Dec 1956
    Series name
    Mining Review 10th Year
    Issue no
    4
    NoS ID
    345940
    Story no
    4 / 4

    BFI synopsis: Manufacture and testing of colliery chains. NCB Commentary - At any time of the day or night in Britain’s pits men and materials are riding the cages speedily and safely. To these men the...

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  9. FOuR YEARS ON

    Date released
    Apr 1956
    Series name
    Mining Review 9th Year
    Issue no
    8
    NoS ID
    345910
    Story no
    2 / 4

    BFI synopsis: progress at the new Kinneil Colliery, Scotland NCB Commentary - Around Bo’ness, on the brink of the Firth of Forth, the land covers shallow seams of coal which have been exhausted, by many...

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