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A STORY FROM NORTHUMBERLAND

Series

Series Name
Mining Review 16th Year

Issue

Issue No.
8
Date Released
Apr 1963
Length of issue (in feet)
948
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1A STORY FROM NORTHUMBERLAND

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
BFI synopsis: what the building of a new power station, Blyth and B, means for the miners of Northumberland. employing 10,000 men.
NCB Commentary - This island of ours has precious few natural resources.
Everything that comes out of the sea is pure national gain ...
as is everything that we can grow from our soil ...
But the only mineral we have in lavish abundance is coal.
Coal for a long time provided and must still provide the power to make Britain prosper.
Researcher Comments
Commentary recorded 4th March 1963.
Keywords
Mining; Fuels; Energy resources; Town and country planning
Locations
England; Northumberland
Written sources
British Film Institute Databases   Used for synopsis
The British National Film Catalogue   Vol.1 1963, p.56
The National Archives COAL 32   /13 Scripts for Mining Review, 1960-1963
Credits:
Cutter
Donald Alexander
Director
John Reid
Producer
John Reid
Camera
John Sharples
Commentator
John Slater
Sponsor
National Coal Board
Production Co.
National Coal Board Film Unit

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