MESSIAH

Series

Series Name

Mining Review 16th Year

Issue

Issue No.

4

Date Released

Dec 1962

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1FESTIVAL OF LABOUR
2. 2MESSIAH
3. 3REPORT ON 1962
4. 4The Chairman

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

BFI synopsis: the Sheffield Singers sing Handel’s Messiah at Bilsthorpe Colliery Miners’ Welfare Hall.
NCB Commentary - At Bilsthorpe Colliery Miners’ Welfare Hall, the Sheffield Singers, conducted by Eric B. Chadwick, sing Handel’s Messiah.

Researcher Comments

Commentary recorded at Kays West End Studios on 5th November 1962.

Keywords

Music and dance

Locations

England; Nottinghamshire; Bilsthorpe

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases   Used for synopsis
Film User   Vol.17 No.199 May 1063, p249.
The National Archives COAL 32   /13 Scripts for Mining Review, 1960-1963

Credits:

Production Co.

Documentary Technicians Alliance

Sponsor

National Coal Board