Coal Cooker

Series

Series Name

Mining Review 1st Year

Issue

Issue No.

9

Date Released

May 1948

Length of issue (in feet)

950

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Your Move
2. 2Coal Cooker
3. 3Dust: 1. Medical Report
4. 4Coal Quiz Kids

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

NoS synopsis: A look at the work of the coke ovens at Fell Coke Co., Consett in County Durham. The commentary points out that coal and steel were two of Britain’s most important industries in the late 1940s.
It also makes a point of emphasising the long-term camaraderie of the workers at the coke ovens.

Researcher Comments

This story was advertised by DATA under the title ‘Coke Ovens’.

Keywords

Industry and manufacture; Fuels

Locations

England; County Durham; Consett

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases   Used for Synopsis
Viewing Copy - bfi screenonline
Hogenkamp, A. P., unpublished DPhil thesis   pxxxvi.
Documentary Film News   Vol.7 No.65, May 1948, p62.
BFI Screenonline synopsis   ID No.1227707

Credits:

Production Co.

Documentary Technicians Alliance

Commentator

John Slater

Sponsor

National Coal Board

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