SONG OF THE COALFIELDS: The Sandgate Nursing Man
Series
- Series Name
- Mining Review 10th Year
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 4
- Section Title
- SONG OF THE COALFIELDS
- Summary
- BFI synopsis: a mining ballad from Newcastle.
NCB Commentary - The face of Newcastle has changed since this ballad was first sung over a hundred years ago.
But many of the old landmarks remain. So, too, along the waterfront, do the descendants of the keelmen who form the subject of the song. - Researcher Comments
- Commentary recorded 4th March 1957.
- Keywords
- Music and dance; Mining
- Written sources
- British Film Institute Databases Used for synopsis
Film User Vol.12 No.137 March 1958, p118.
The National Archives COAL 32 /12 Scripts for Mining Review, 1956-1960
- Credits:
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- Production Co.
- Documentary Technicians Alliance
- Sponsor
- National Coal Board
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