FLYING IN

Series

Series Name

Mining Review 16th Year

Issue

Issue No.

1

Date Released

Sep 1962

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1FLYING IN
2. 2PRINCE OF DARKNESS
3. 3WHITER THAN WHITE
4. 4(Untitled record)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

BFI synopsis: at Wollaton Colliery in Nottinghamshire, miners use a unique form of mine transport - a "ski-lift" which carries them to and from work.
NCB Commentary - Underground travel for the men of Wollaton Colliery in Nottinghamshire is rather like enjoying the swings and the roundabouts, but you don’t lose on either of them for this time it’s all profit - a profit measured in time and safety.
The design, as you see, is very similar to a ski-lift. The "chairs" are fastened to a 7/8th inch wire rope by patent clips. At Wollaton it’s running in a five-hundred and fifty yards stretch of roadway and, there are plans to extend it.
The gradient is one in five in parts, although one in two is being negotiated elsewhere.
Greater safety, cheapness of installation and the fact that men can travel without disturbing the ordinary working of the pit are among its advantages.
It is another of the innovations which are making the mines of Britain more and more efficient.

Researcher Comments

Commentary recorded at Kays Carlton Hill on 3rd August 1962.

Keywords

Transport; Mining

Locations

England; Nottinghamshire

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases   Used for synopsis
Film User   Vol.16 No.193 November 1962, p595.
The National Archives COAL 32   /13 Scripts for Mining Review, 1960-1963

Credits:

Production Co.

Documentary Technicians Alliance

Sponsor

National Coal Board