KENT’S BEST

Series

Series Name

Mining Review 17th Year

Issue

Issue No.

3

Date Released

Nov 1963

Length of issue (in feet)

892

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1LINE UP
2. 2HIGH TATRAS
3. 3KENT’S BEST
4. 4TREE SHIFT

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

BFI synopsis: increased production by the miners of Kent’s four pits, which are producing one-third more coal than before
NCB Commentary - For years the four collieries of the Kent Coalfield - valuable if only because so near to London - have indeed had a funny reputation ...
... for high costs and inefficiency
... too many men producing too little coal.
But now the laugh is on the other side.
The last twelve months have seem a transformation.
Every month is now producing one-third more coal than before.
Through out the new pits they are determined that this sort of bad joke must become a thing of the past.
Kent is reorganising itself to beat the best in Britain.

Keywords

Mining; Fuels

Locations

Kent; England

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases   Used for synopsis
The British National Film Catalogue   Vol.2 1964, p.55
The National Archives COAL 32   /13 Scripts for Mining Review, 1960-1963

Credits:

Sponsor

National Coal Board

Production Co.

National Coal Board Film Unit