Most renowned of Shires

Series

Series Name

Review 27th Year

Issue

Issue No.

1

Date Released

Sep 1973

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Most renowned of Shires

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

NCB synopsis: Brief portrait of the landscape and industry of Yorkshire, with particular emphasis on the coal fields in the county.
Largest of the English counties, Yorkshire can trace the origins of its industries to the Bronze age. Agriculture, wool, iron and steel, chemicals, and above all one of the nation’s most productive coal fields are, together with its incomparable landscape, responsible for making it one of Britain’s most renowned of shires.

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Films on Coal Catalogue   First Supplementary List July 1974, p.8 Used for synopsis

Credits:

Production Co.

National Coal Board Film Unit