Up a Mine

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1441A

Date Released

17 Jan 1957

Date submitted

9 Jan 1957

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Minister of Power
2. 2Monaco Awaits Its Heir
3. 3Dancing Time
4. 4The Diving Padre
5. 5Aerial Fire Power
6. 6Suez - Trapped Ships Free
7. 7Canadian Oil Blaze
8. 8Up a Mine
9. 9Wrong Way Down
10. 10A Difference of Opinion
11. *Scotland Beats France - Rugby

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 10

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Up a Mine. DESCRIPTION: A strange story from Russia - from the Caucasian mountains in Kabarda. The miners there don’t do down to their work - they climb up to it. Over nine thousand feet up, there’s a mine which produces molybdenum, used in hardening steel. SHOTLIST: Aerial over mine. TPS road up the mountain. Workers. Truck along road. Workers through mist. Lorry through mist. Workers in the tunnels. Drilling. Machinery etc.

Keywords

Mining

Locations

Russia; Kabarda

Footage sources

British Paramount

Card file number

69404

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

57

Story extras:

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