The Australian Scene: Open Cut Coal

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1215A

Date Released

18 Sep 1952

Date submitted

Sep 1952

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Australian Scene: Open Cut Coal
2. 2The Australian Scene: Mass Hatching
3. 3Eritrea Joins Ethiopia
4. 4Supreme Commander Visits Turkish Forces
5. 5Exercise Mainbrace
6. 6Battle of Britain Fly-Past

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 6

Section Title

The Australian Scene

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Open Cut Coal. DESCRIPTION: Coal is always in the news - for no-one seems to have enough of it. In New South Wales, part of Australia’s supply comes from open cut mines, which produce first-class quality. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS Open mine. Various Crane digs up coal, puts same in lorry. Coal off moving belt. Train with 3 engines hauls coal up Blue Mountain gradients. Good shots of steam trains belting out steam into camera.

Keywords

Vehicles; Environment; Railways; Industry and manufacture; Mining

Locations

New South Wales

Card file number

57763

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

144

Story extras:

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