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EXHIBITION PIECE

Series

Series Name
Mining Review 4th Year

Issue

Issue No.
10
Date Released
Jun 1951
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1EXHIBITION PIECE
  2. 2FUEL SLEUTHS
  3. 3THE LAST ROUND

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 3
Summary
BFI Summary - a two-ton lump of coal for the Festival of Britain.
BFI synopsis: The extraction from the Lind Level drift mine at Tredegar and its transport to and exhibition at the Festival of Britain.
Researcher Comments
bfi sources suggest that this story was filmed from the 6th to the 9th February 1951. Jim Boothby and Johnson were employed as electricians.
Keywords
Celebrations and festivals; Mining; Fuels
Locations
London; England; Festival of Britain site
Written sources
British Film Institute Databases   Used for Synopsis
Credits:
Support services
Basil Somner
Production Co.
Documentary Technicians Alliance
Camera
John Gunn
Sponsor
National Coal Board
Camera
Ronald Bicker
Director
Tony Thompson

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