Keep it Moving

Series

Series Name

Mining Review 1st Year

Issue

Issue No.

7

Date Released

Mar 1948

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Living in
2. 2New Look for Tanks
3. 3Keep it Moving
4. 4Coal on Ice

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

BFI synopsis: emergency measures for the transport of coal in winter weather; volunteers at Haslemere station help to move coal supplies.

Researcher Comments

According to bfi sources, this story was filmed on the 12th January 1948. The budget, including personnel, taxis, meals and Pathe library material came to £19 5s 9d. It was advertised by DATA with the title ‘Speed Up of Coal Transport’.

Keywords

Weather; Emergency services; Fuels

Locations

England; Surrey; Haslemere

Footage sources

Pathe

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases   Used for synopsis
Hogenkamp, A. P., unpublished DPhil thesis   pxxxvi.
Documentary Film News   Vol.7 No.65, May 1948, p62.

Credits:

Production Co.

Documentary Technicians Alliance

Camera

James Ritchie

Camera

Leslie Shepard

Sponsor

National Coal Board

Camera

T. Jones

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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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