A Pit is Reborn: 1. Nantgarw

Series

Series Name: Mining Review 1st Year

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

Jul 1948

Length of issue (in feet)

975

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Section Title

A Pit is Reborn

Summary

NoS synopsis: Looks at the redevelopment of Nantgarw Colliery in South Wales. Previously abandoned in 1927 as uneconomic, twenty years later work began on an extensive redevelopment.
Redevelopment isn’t just about updating the mine itself and ensuring that it’s fitted out with the latest technology. A new power station will be needed, as will a plant to deal with the by-products of the coke conversion process - as the new Nantgarw is intended to be the last word in environmental friendliness.
To this end, the film also shows the construction of a model village, designed to house the two thousand people who will be working in or near Nantgarw.

Researcher Comments

According to bfi sources this story was filmed on the 19th May and 28th July 1948.

Keywords

Mining

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Viewing Copy - bfi screenonline
Hogenkamp, A. P., unpublished DPhil thesis pxxxvi.
BFI Screenonline synopsis ID No.1227898

Credits:

Production Co.: Documentary Technicians Alliance
Camera: John Reid
Camera: Lionel Griffiths
Cutter: Mary Beales
Sponsor: National Coal Board
Camera: Ronald Bicker
Director: Tony Thompson

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