French Leave

Series

Series Name

Mining Review 2nd Year

Issue

Issue No.

1

Date Released

Sep 1948

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1French Leave
2. 2Miners’ Congress
3. 3Pithead Bath

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

Summary - British miners in Paris, with a visit to a French colliery.
BFI synopsis: A party of twenty two miners and some of their wives visit Paris and are seen leaving London , having a tour of Paris including the Sacre Coeur and Notre Dame. They are also seen visiting the French colliery Heinin-Lietard near Douai, Pas De Calais.

Researcher Comments

According to bfi sources footage for this story was meant to be filmed on the 5th August 1948, however the crew could not work because the pit was gaseous. Instead the Centre National de la Cinematographie Francaise supplied footage from ‘Mineurs de France’.

Keywords

Mining; Scenery and travel

Locations

France

Footage sources

Centre National de la Cinematographie Francaise.   'Mineurs de France' footage

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases   Used for Synopsis

Credits:

Camera

Charles Wilford Smith

Production Co.

Documentary Technicians Alliance

Director

Leslie Shepard

Sponsor

National Coal Board

Camera

Wolfgang Suschitzky