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  1. Force Crag Mine (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Chemistry
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 14 min., 1999 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows the workings of Force Crag mine, the last metal mine in the north of England, which is now closed. Describes the operation of the minerals processing plant at Froce Crag and explains the underlying...

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  2. Miners’ Hymns, The (2011)

    Producer
    Bill Morrison
    Subject
    History; Music; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £16.00

    This elegy, in film and music, to the coal mining history of north east England, is the product of a collaboration between filmmaker Bill Morrison and musician and composer Johann Johannson. Collaged from...

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  3. 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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  4. European Volunteer Workers (2013)

    Producer
    Mark Whitaker
    Subject
    History; Social Studies

    Between 1947 and 1949 the British government, desperately short of workers in the ‘essential’ industries of agriculture, coal mining and textiles, turned to the millions of East Europeans living in...

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  5. 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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  6. Double Vision: Boxing for Hartlepool (1987)

    Subject
    Sociology; Sports science
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), £15.00 (+p&p)

    George Bowes was a professional boxer whose career spanned the economic boom years of the late fifties and sixties. He was also a face worker at Blackhall colliery in Co. Durham during the period of...

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  7. Sporting Legends (3 Parts) (2008)

    Subject
    Sports science
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD), £9.99 each; £25.99 set

    A series of three CDs recorded in 1999, in which Cliff Morgan talks to sporting personalities from the past about their life and sporting career. Vol 1 - Mary Peters and Cliff Morgan (discussed with Ian...

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  8. Tar Sands Trilogy

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £14.99

    These films address the huge environmental impact of the Tar Sands developments in Alberta Canada. DIRTY OIL (2010): Deep behind-the-scenes into the strip-mined world of Alberta, Canada, where the vast and...

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  9. This Working Life: Tales from the Shipyard (2011)

    Subject
    Engineering; Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 314 minutes), £24.99

    This 2-disc box set, the second release in the BFI’s This Working Life series, features 23 films made between 1898 and 1974. The collection contains over five hours of material that portrays our...

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