PREVIEW IN POLAND

Series

Series Name

Mining Review 12th Year

Issue

Issue No.

5

Date Released

Jan 1959

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1PREVIEW IN POLAND
2. 2CORNWALL - PACKAGED COAL
3. 3Denaby United v. Oldham Athletic
4. 4NOTTINGHAM - TRAINING FOR MANAGEMENT

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

BFI synopsis: British mining equipment at an international exhibition in Silesia.
NCB Commentary - At Warsaw, Polish Prime Minister Cyrankiewicz welcomes delegates to the International Conference on Mine Reconstruction.
At the same time an international exhibition of mining machinery was opened at Gliwice, Silesia. On show were machines from all over Europe.
The Germans presented the Westfalia rake, a potent new loading device. Delegates from the National Coal Board saw British machines on show; among them, this Mono-rail conveyor. The Cactus Grab, for shaft sinking, is already well known in this country.
The British Delegation saw too, Polish equipment for opencast mining, full size and in model form. British drilling equipment attracted international interest.
Show piece of the exhibition was the Czechoslovak exhibit of a remote television installation which will allow a colliery’s working to be in the hands of two men.
The Polish exhibition reinforces the international outlook of mining today.

Researcher Comments

Commentary recorded 8th December 1958.

Keywords

Mining; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

Silesia

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases   Used for synopsis
Film User   Vol.13 No.150 April 1959, p193.
The National Archives COAL 32   /12 Scripts for Mining Review, 1956-1960

Credits:

Production Co.

Documentary Technicians Alliance

Sponsor

National Coal Board