Learning the Right Way

Series

Series Name
Mining Review 2nd Year

Issue

Issue No.
2
Date Released
Oct 1948
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Miners on the Land
  2. 2Learning the Right Way
  3. 3Jewel Coronation
  4. 4A Pit is Reborn: 2. Manton Colliery, Notts

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
Summary - Scottish training centre.
BFI synopsis: Young men are given practical instruction underground at Mossbeath Colliery near Cowdenbeath. Accompanied by cartoon safety film with the character Davey Lump based on Raff and Reddy cartoons.
Researcher Comments
According to bfi sources this story included a cartoon entitled Davey Lump. W. Hooper from Diagram Films was paid £35 for it, and it was processed at Kays Laboratories, Finsbury Park. The story itself was filmed from the 17th to the 19th of August. It was advertised by DATA under the title ‘Davy Lamp on a Training Course’.
Keywords
Education and training; Mining
Locations
Scotland; Fife
Footage sources
Diagram Films
Written sources
British Film Institute Databases   Used for Synopsis
Documentary Film News   Vol.7 No.69 Sept-Oct 1948, p103.
Credits:
Support services
Denys Parsons
Production Co.
Documentary Technicians Alliance
Producer
Donald Alexander
Director
George Sturt
Camera
John Reid
Sponsor
National Coal Board
Camera
Ronald Bicker

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