Turn of the Tide

Series

Series Name: Mining Review 1st Year

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

Apr 1948

Length of issue (in feet)

900

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

BFI synopsis: Britain exports coal again, looking at the docks of Newcastle and Cardiff.

Researcher Comments

According to bfi sources this story was filmed in February. It was advertised by DATA under the title ‘Export of Coal begins again’. The making of the story is described by Leslie Shepard in ‘The Making of a Magazine Story’ p.100, in Documentary Film News Vol.7 No.69 of Sep-Oct 1948.

Keywords

Business and commerce; Mining; Fuels

Locations

Newcastle upon Tyne; Cardiff; Wales; England

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Hogenkamp, A. P., unpublished DPhil thesis pxxxvi.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: John Reid
Camera: Lionel Griffiths
Cutter: Mary Beales
Director: Michael Clarke
Sponsor: National Coal Board
Camera: Robert Ziller
Camera: Ronald Bicker

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