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Monster to Aid Opencast Production

Date released

21 Feb 1949

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1579

NoS ID

067379

Story no

2 / 7

Extras

1 film clip

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New Look for Tanks

Date released

Mar 1948

Series name

Mining Review 1st Year

Issue no

7

NoS ID

334742

Story no

2 / 4

BFI synopsis: Old Sherman tanks converted for opencast mining. Tanks seen in action; Sherman tanks (eighty of them) in a Staffordshire field. One is driven to factory where they are converted into machines...

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Opencast Mine Boosts Copper Output

Date released

17 Apr 1950

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1996

NoS ID

042309

Story no

6 / 7

World’s largest deposit of copper is opened up two miles high in Andes mountains.

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Coal on Top

Date released

May 1971

Series name

Mining Review 24th Year

Issue no

9

NoS ID

346520

Story no

1 / 2

NoS synopsis: Opencast mining is stepping up its output to meet the shortage of coal. Just as important to the nation are the restoration of sites and the landscaping of large tracts of the countryside.

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Scoop

Date released

Apr 1949

Series name

Mining Review 2nd Year

Issue no

8

NoS ID

345511

Story no

2 / 4

BFI synopsis: giant excavator (the Bucyrus Erie excavator) for opencast mining, at Ewart Hill near Bedlington

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Industrial News: World’s Most Powerful Tractor

Date released

26 Sep 1955

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

55/77

NoS ID

106677

Story no

4 / 7

Extras

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

Demonstration of "super-bulldozer" for opencast mining.

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PREVIEW IN POLAND

Date released

Jan 1959

Series name

Mining Review 12th Year

Issue no

5

NoS ID

346028

Story no

1 / 4

BFI synopsis: British mining equipment at an international exhibition in Silesia. NCB Commentary - At Warsaw, Polish Prime Minister Cyrankiewicz welcomes delegates to the International Conference on Mine...

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FIELD OF COAL

Date released

May 1952

Series name

Mining Review 5th Year

Issue no

9

NoS ID

345743

Story no

2 / 4

BFI synopsis: opencast mining near Stafford and restoring farm land after opencast mining. NCB Commentary - On April 1st the National Coal Board took over responsibility for all opencast coal winning in...

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North of the Border

Date released

Aug 1970

Series name

Mining Review 23rd Year

Issue no

12

NoS ID

346499

Story no

4 / 4

NoS synopsis: Scotland’s biggest opencast mine at Westfield.

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Digging up the Past

Date released

Jan 1951

Series name

Mining Review 4th Year

Issue no

5

NoS ID

345685

Story no

1 / 3

BFI Summary - old workings, Hempdyke, Yorkshire. BFI synopsis: archaeological investigation of old pit workings at South Heindly exposed by opencast mining.

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