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'Positively Ghastly!'

Date released

4 Feb 1929

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

1865

NoS ID

384394

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: Incidents in the royal informal tour of the stricken mining areas in Wales that confirm the Prince Edward of Wales’s frank summing-up.

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Surviving Aberfan (2008)

Director

Steve Humphries

Subject

History; Social Studies

Documentary about the Aberfan disaster in south Wales in October 1966. The people of Aberfan tell their stories of tragic loss, miraculous survival and heroic rescue. [60 minutes]

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Solomon and Gaenor (1998 Film)

Director

Paul Morrison

Producer

Sheryl Crown

Feature film. A loose reworking of the Romeo and Juliet story. Set in a small coal mining village in Wales in 1911, a young Jewish peddler (Solomon) meets Gaenor, the eldest daughter of a Christian mining...

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Strike at Tymawr coal mine (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with a mining engineer about the strike at the Lewis Merthyr/Tymawr pit in South Wales after his report recommending its closure as it is not economically viable, due to a poor output of coal...

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Aberfan: an unknown Spring (1986)

aka: Aberfan: an unknown Spring

A documentary about the devastating disaster in Aberfan, Wales. A portrait in sound of villages clinging to the hills and the mass grave that marks the site of Aberfan, where 134 young children lost their...

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Viewfinder 77

Date

27 May 2010, 15:05

Author

bufvcsergio

Post Type

Page

Viewfinder 77 was published in December 2009 and includes the supplement Media Online Focus (download MOF issue 38 in PDF format here). Contents of this issue: OPEN UNIVERSITY AFTER 40 YEARS The...

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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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Prince Visits Mining Districts

Date released

3 Feb 1929

Series name

Empire News Bulletin

Issue no

289

NoS ID

049612

Story no

6 / 7

Slade catalogue entry: The Prince’s Tour. HRH Prince of Wales Visits the Mining Districts of Northern England.

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Gresford Pit Volunteers

Date released

11 Feb 1935

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

479

NoS ID

141219

Story no

8 / 11

Extras

1 commentary sheet

Prepared for descent.

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At Home & Abroad: Gold Mining in South West Wales

Date released

24 Mar 1938

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

459A

NoS ID

008646

Story no

6 / 12

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pumpsaint Gold Mine. SHOTLIST: General views of the workings of the only gold mine in Wales.

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