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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Artificial Sunlight Keeps Miners Fit

Date released

2 Mar 1942

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

665

NoS ID

012162

Story no

2 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sunlight for Miners. DESCRIPTION: Miners are given a two minute daily dose of sun-ray treatment to help compensate for the time they spend underground. The innovation was first...

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Day in the Life of a Coalminer, A (1910 Film)

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A typical working day in the mines of the early 1900s. The film captures the sweat and grime of the pits at a time when women and children took full share in the labour. A forerunner to today’s television...

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Miners strike - Scargill on new technology and unemployment (1984)

Genre

Speech

Speech by NUM leader Arthur Scargill on the danger of new technology and the impact it will have on employment.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

IRN Review of 1984 - nd [1984]

IRN Review of 1984 - nd [1984]. Some reports also on AV769/653/S1, Track 5. Miners dispute. Bombing of Grand Hotel Brighton during Tory Party Conference. Discontent within Tory Party: proposed aboltion of...

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Easter additions to the Moving Image Gateway

Date

17 Apr 2014, 16:53

Author

Andrew Ormsby

Post Type

Post

The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,500 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Underground Front

Date released

18 Jan 1943

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

711

NoS ID

012579

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Coal Production. DESCRIPTION: Coal is a vital munition of war and Movietone has gone underground to see the miners at work. The importance of coal in the war effort is reflected in the...

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Arthur Scargill on pit closures and the 6-day week (1987)

Genre

Interview

Gereral Secretary of the NUM, Arthur Scargill talks about how the 6-day week is a disaster for miners and for the British people. He says there will be pit closures, not enough jobs for all the miners, and...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

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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REPORT ON RHEUMATISM

Date released

Mar 1953

Series name

Mining Review 6th Year

Issue no

7

NoS ID

345780

Story no

4 / 4

BFI synopsis: research work on the causes and cure of rheumatism in miners at a miners’ clinic - Walkden Clinic, Manchester. NCB Commentary - Mining is a tough job. However much is done to improve...

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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...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio