Rhondda Gateway

Series

Series Name

Mining Review 3rd Year

Issue

Issue No.

1

Date Released

Sep 1949

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Machine Shop Window
2. 2Marshalling Aid
3. 3Rhondda Gateway
4. 4Once Aboard the Lugger

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

BFI Summary - Shunting yard at Pontypridd.
BFI synopsis: The shunting yard at Hopkinstown, and the forty trains of coal which pass through it daily taking coal from the Rhondda valley to the docks at Cardiff.

Researcher Comments

According to bfi sources, this story was filmed from the 27th to the 28th July 1949. It was researched by John Gaudioz in a visit on the 18th July 1949.

Keywords

Railways; Mining

Locations

Wales; Pontypridd

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases   Used for Synopsis

Credits:

Production Co.

Documentary Technicians Alliance

Support services

John Gaudioz

Sponsor

National Coal Board

Director

Tony Thompson