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

Producer

John Reid

Director

John Reid

Camera

John Sharples

Commentator

John Slater

Sponsor

National Coal Board

Production Co.

National Coal Board Film Unit