Coal on Ice

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
4 / 4
Summary
BFI synopsis: Ice hockey featuring miner players from Blair Hall Colliery in Scotland. Tom Syme, a miner and a member of the British Olympic ice hockey team. He is seen off at Dumfermline station by family and friends. Training at Dumfermline ice rink.
Researcher Comments
According to bfi sources, this story was shot in the 16th January 1948 in Dunfermline on a three-day shoot. It was advertised by DATA under the title ‘Miner plays Ice Hockey’.
Keywords
Mining; Winter sports
Locations
Scotland
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Hogenkamp, A. P., unpublished DPhil thesis   pxxxvi.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
Support services
Douglas Lyne
Producer
Francis Gysin
Camera
John Reid
Cutter
Mary Beales
Sponsor
National Coal Board
Director
Peter Pickering
Camera
Ronald Bicker

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Notes
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