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From Slag Heap to Dream Cities

Date released

4 Jan 1943

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1236

NoS ID

038516

Story no

1 / 2

Recent discovery enables waste-product of iron smelting to be turned into excellent building material.

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Great Events of the 20th Century (1999 Video)

aka: Greatest Events of the 20th Century, The

Subject

History

Distribution

DVD

A collection of newsfilm covering 101 newsworthy events of the 20th century. Items are: 1) Opening credits; 2) Queen Victoria’s funeral; 3) Wright brothers’ first flight; 4) Suffragette dies under...

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News in Flashes: Stop Press: Belgian Village Crumbles

Date released

21 Apr 1949

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1893

NoS ID

041658

Story no

4 / 7

Slag heap outside mining village begins slide which threatens miners’ houses.

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Queen’s Visit to Aberfan

Date released

15 Mar 1973

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2284A

NoS ID

029807

Story no

1 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen’s Visit to Aberfan. DESCRIPTION: Six and a half years after the Aberfan disaster, the Queen returns to open the new Memorial Centre. Movietone looks back to the tragic days of...

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Disasters: Belgium

Date released

9 Feb 1961

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

61/12

NoS ID

109563

Story no

3 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Slag heap collapse buries twelve at Moulins-sous-Fleron.

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: A Mighty British Project

Date released

14 Aug 1947

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

949A

NoS ID

014596

Story no

5 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Mighty Project. Huge Steel Factory Under Construction. DESCRIPTION: At Port Talbot in South Wales work has begun on the construction of a 50 million pound steel strip mill....

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Denby Washery

Date released

Dec 1947

Series name

Mining Review 1st Year

Issue no

4

NoS ID

334735

Story no

3 / 3

BFI Summary - The coal washeries at Denbigh. COI Commentary - To the Denby Hall Washery in Nottinghamshire, come trucks from three local collieries. Eventually, when drifts have been dug, the coal will...

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Coal Crisis

Date released

Apr 1947

Series name

This Modern Age

Issue no

7

NoS ID

346964

Story no

1 / 1

BFI synopsis: Opening industrial shots whilst the commentary emphasises how much industry depends on coal. Other uses of coal are given including its use as an export. Shots of coal being loaded onto a cargo...

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