Flash Point
Series
- Series Name
- Mining Review 25th Year
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 2
- Summary
- BFI synopsis: CU coal falling onto a conveyor belt. CU mines operating power-loading machines. CU flash as methane gas (firedamp) ignites explosion and fire. Miners spraying water onto fire; shots of fire. Power-loading machines in operation as coal falls. CU coalface. Mock up of coal cutting face on surface. Simulation of firedamp build up. Engineer entering mobile laboratory to check records of build up; CU graph showing measurements. Engineer measuring build up at coal face. Miner clearing accumulation of coal from power driven cutting machines to help ventilation and to remove pyrites that may cause combustion. CU coal cutting machines. Laboratory experiments. Rotation of a block of sandstone against cutting pick to establish point of ignition of firedamp and air - simulation of mine conditions. Geologists testing coalface for fire damp. Miner checking power driven cutter testing air velocity and circulation.
- Keywords
- Mining
- Written sources
- British Film Institute Databases Used for synopsis
Films on Coal Catalogue 1973, p.62
Viewing Copy - bfi screenonline
BFI Screenonline synopsis ID No.721743
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- National Coal Board
- Production Co.
- National Coal Board Film Unit
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