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May Day

Series

Series Name
Mining Review 1st Year

Issue

Issue No.
10
Date Released
Jun 1948
Length of issue (in feet)
935
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Lighting up
  2. 2Dawnshift
  3. 3Dust: 2. Suppression Underground
  4. 4May Day

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
BFI synopsis: The Scottish Miner’s gala with the march from Holyrood Palace, speeches by Will Lawther, President of the National Union of Mineworkers, Abe Moffat, President of the Scottish Miners and Emmanuel Shinwell ex-minister of Fuel and Power. Various competitions, highland dancing, pipers, races and the pipe band contest won by The Shotts and District Band.
Keywords
Celebrations and festivals
Locations
Edinburgh; Scotland; Holyrood House
Written sources
British Film Institute Databases   Used for Synopsis
Hogenkamp, A. P., unpublished DPhil thesis   pxxxvi.
Credits:
Production Co.
Documentary Technicians Alliance
Sponsor
National Coal Board

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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Phone
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Address
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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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