Results: Stories

1-10 of 52 results | Page 1 of 6
« First
‹ Prev12345Next ›
Last »
Sort results by

  1. The Elephants Come to Town

    Date released
    22 Jul 1946
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    46/58
    NoS ID
    101214
    Story no
    4 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    New consignment of animals for London’s zoo arrive. Baby elephants slung from ship to shore make Dumbo’s words come true. Big game collector Frost made his elephants fly. In Austria they have a dancing...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Digitised Documents Digitised Documents Online Online Moving image Moving image

  2. Your Move

    Date released
    May 1948
    Series name
    Mining Review 1st Year
    Issue no
    9
    NoS ID
    334749
    Story no
    1 / 4

    Summary - housing for miners. BFI synopsis: The move of the Wilks family from their cramped, shared house in Holmewood Derbyshire to a new purpose-built and prefabricated house near Chesterfield. Includes...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news To order To order Moving image Moving image

  3. Coal Cooker

    Date released
    May 1948
    Series name
    Mining Review 1st Year
    Issue no
    9
    NoS ID
    334750
    Story no
    2 / 4

    NoS synopsis: A look at the work of the coke ovens at Fell Coke Co., Consett in County Durham. The commentary points out that coal and steel were two of Britain’s most important industries in the late...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news To order To order Moving image Moving image

  4. Dust: 1. Medical Report

    Date released
    May 1948
    Series name
    Mining Review 1st Year
    Issue no
    9
    NoS ID
    334751
    Story no
    3 / 4

    NoS synopsis: The first of a three-part series of items about the effects of dust on working miners. It begins by explaining the problem in layman’s terms - what is now technically known as pneumoconiosis...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news To order To order Moving image Moving image

  5. Central Workshops

    Date released
    Nov 1948
    Series name
    Mining Review 2nd Year
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    345489
    Story no
    1 / 5

    NoS synopsis: The work of Cowdenbeath Central Workshops in Scotland which employs 750 men and serves forty collieries. The workshops provide overhaul, repair and engineering facilities to the collieries....

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Record only Record only

  6. A Pit is Reborn: 3. Macrihanish

    Date released
    Nov 1948
    Series name
    Mining Review 2nd Year
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    345490
    Story no
    2 / 5

    NoS synopsis: Reconstruction scheme to create a new Scottish drift mine on the Argyll coast of Scotland after 20 years. It uses up-to-date machinery now.

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Record only Record only

  7. Miners’ Health Centre

    Date released
    Nov 1948
    Series name
    Mining Review 2nd Year
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    345491
    Story no
    3 / 5

    NoS synopsis: How miners at Banwen, Rhondda, helped to make a Welsh health centre with the help of their doctor, Dafydd Thomas. Scenes inside the centre include the physiotherapist and the radiographer using...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Record only Record only

  8. Shipyard for Colliers

    Date released
    Nov 1948
    Series name
    Mining Review 2nd Year
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    345492
    Story no
    4 / 5

    NoS synopsis: Shipbuilding at Sunderland, Yard No 397. The building of a collier for the coal trade around the coast of Britain. The launch and fitting out of "Pompey Light" and the loading of "Birchwood"...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Record only Record only

  9. Cue for Ladies

    Date released
    Nov 1948
    Series name
    Mining Review 2nd Year
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    345493
    Story no
    5 / 5

    NoS synopsis: A friendly match between two women champions from mining villages - Miss Ruth Harrison from Burnhopefield (near Newcastle-on-Tyne) and Miss Agnes Morris from Ammanford, Wales - featuring Joe...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Record only Record only

  10. Push Button Pay

    Date released
    Jan 1949
    Series name
    Mining Review 2nd Year
    Issue no
    5
    NoS ID
    345498
    Story no
    1 / 4

    NoS synopsis: Mechanised accounting in the cashier’s office in Area 6, East Midlands. Shows the operations including punch cards done by women in order to pay the miners their wages. The entire system is...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Record only Record only
About marked records »
1-10 of 52 results | Page 1 of 6
« First
‹ Prev12345Next ›
Last »
Sort results by