Cheshire - It’s All in the Mine

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1697

Date Released

11 Dec 1961

Date Other

Dec 1961

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Cheshire - It’s All in the Mine
2. 2High Jinks at Big Game
3. 3Fine Feathers
4. 4They Go to Your Head (In Colour)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cheshire - Its All in the Mine. DESCRIPTION: The mine is at Winsford in Cheshire, and you may be surprised to know that it is the only rock-salt mine in Britain. Salt for your table? No, this lot is used for clearing snow and ice from the roads, and for fertilizing and animal foodstuffs. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV pan - mine. MS lift. MS gravel. MS man drilling. MS drilling. MS man by drill. MCU man working drill. MCU drilling. MS rocks being removed. GV pan machine moving rocks. MS man drilling roof. MCU same. MS salt being removed. MS salt on escalator. MS crane takes salt away. MS crane loading lorry with salt. GV pan - salt mine.

Keywords

Mining

Locations

Cheshire; Winsford

Card file number

83571

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

James Humphries

Length of story (in feet)

96

Story extras:

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