PROGRESS REPORT

Series

Series Name

Mining Review 8th Year

Issue

Issue No.

2

Date Released

Oct 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1NATIONAL EISTEDDFORD
2. 2PROGRESS REPORT
3. 3BEER AND SKITTLES
4. 4PUSH BUTTON PITHEAD

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

BFI synopsis: Bevercotes - the new shaft sinking at the pit, five and a half million pound job by British craftsman, first steps in freezing soil was ready mixed cement put in huge buckets called "hoppits a total of 5,000 tons a day.

Keywords

Mining

Locations

England; Nottinghamshire; Bevercotes

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases   Used for synopsis
Film User   Vol.9 No.109, November 1955, p570.

Credits:

Production Co.

Documentary Technicians Alliance

Sponsor

National Coal Board