Up a Coal Mine

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1318
Date Released
6 Sep 1954
Date submitted
31 Aug 1954
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Pakistan Floods
  2. 2Up a Coal Mine
  3. 3Fashion for Autumn
  4. 4A Double Event
  5. 5Shipping
  6. 6Shipping
  7. 7The Sporting Scene
  8. 8The Sporting Scene
  9. 9The Sporting Scene
  10. 10Bale Out
  11. *The Queen Mother in Glasgow

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 10
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Up a Coal Mine. DESCRIPTION: In the Canadian Rockies of Southern Alberta, an open cast coal mine produces vast quantities of soft coal. Lorries bring the coal from the mine 7,000 feet up to the processing plant six miles away. SHOTLIST: KS Various GVs of Rockies. Various scenes of open cast coal mining in the mountains. Various views of roads where lorries have to take the coal down.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Mining
Locations
Canada; South Alberta
Footage sources
National Film Board of Canada
Card file number
61717
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
57
Story extras:
Film clip

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