Rolling it out

Series

Series Name

Mining Review 1st Year

Issue

Issue No.

8

Date Released

Apr 1948

Length of issue (in feet)

900

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Pithead Nurse
2. 2Turn of the Tide
3. 3Miners with Gloves on
4. 4Rolling it out

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

BFI synopsis: The production of conveyor belts for the coalmines by the British Tyre and Rubber Co. at their Silvertown works in London.

Researcher Comments

This story was advertised by DATA under the title ‘Conveyor Belting’.

Keywords

Industry and manufacture; Mining

Locations

London; 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Hogenkamp, A. P., unpublished DPhil thesis   pxxxvi.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

Cutter

Mary Beales

Sponsor

National Coal Board

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