Underground Tourism

Series

Series Name

This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.

1109

Date Released

1980

Length of issue (in feet)

176

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Underground Tourism

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Much of Britain’s prosperity has been based upon the "black gold" - coal - beneath the island. Barbara Ewing takes a look into the past, on an underground tour of the Chatterley Whitfield Mining Museum, a new tourist venture which is unique in Western Europe.

Researcher Comments

The reporter is accompanied on the tour by Bill Sherrett. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version

Keywords

Mining; Exhibitions and shows; Scenery and travel

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 42 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 936/1109

Credits:

Presenter

Barbara Ewing

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

John Wilson

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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