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  1. BIRD IN HAND

    Date released
    Feb 1952
    Series name
    Mining Review 5th Year
    Issue no
    6
    NoS ID
    345734
    Story no
    3 / 4

    BFI synopsis: cage bird show at Olympia, with the N.C.B. exhibiting pit canaries. Includes examples of pit canaries and how they are revived. NCB Commentary - Here’s a fine sight, enough to make a...

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  2. SCOOP

    Date released
    May 1952
    Series name
    Mining Review 5th Year
    Issue no
    9
    NoS ID
    345745
    Story no
    4 / 4

    BFI synopsis: George Benson in a Lyric Revue variety sketch (by H.F. Ellis) - a comedian’s advice on domestic boilers. NCB Commentary - Down South, we take our domestic fuel economy seriously! Here’s a...

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  3. ON SET

    Date released
    Sep 1952
    Series name
    Mining Review 6th Year
    Issue no
    1
    NoS ID
    345758
    Story no
    4 / 4

    NoS Summary - Filming "The Brave Don’t Cry" at Southall Studios. BFI synopsis: Includes scenes from the film; consultant Bill Withes with art director Michael Stringer; how to make coal from plaster and...

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  4. KENSINGTON COLLIERY

    Date released
    Mar 1953
    Series name
    Mining Review 6th Year
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    345777
    Story no
    1 / 4

    BFI synopsis: the new Mining department and collection at the Science Museum, London. NCB Commentary - At London’s Science Museum, Mr. Lebeter, one of the keepers, is planning something new in permanent...

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  5. JOHN BAMFORD, G.C.

    Date released
    May 1953
    Series name
    Mining Review 6th Year
    Issue no
    9
    NoS ID
    345785
    Story no
    1 / 4

    BFI synopsis: story of the young miner hero awarded the George Cross at Buckingham Palace. He is seen on a visit to London with his family. NCB Commentary - Buckingham Palace, London. A misty spring...

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  6. SADLERS WELSH

    Date released
    Jun 1954
    Series name
    Mining Review 7th Year
    Issue no
    10
    NoS ID
    345833
    Story no
    4 / 4

    BFI synopsis: Welsh ex-miners in the chorus at Sadlers Wells Opera, seen performing and in rehearsals for Bizet’s opera "The Pearl Fishers".

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  7. INVITATION DANCE

    Date released
    Oct 1955
    Series name
    Mining Review 9th Year
    Issue no
    2
    NoS ID
    345892
    Story no
    3 / 3

    BFI synopsis: Yugoslav dancers and musicians entertain Yorkshire miners. NCB Commentary - Once again foreign visitors are greeted at London;s Victoria Station, but Yorkshire was their destination, Wortley...

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  8. KNOCKED ‘EM IN THE OLD FORD ROAD

    Date released
    Jun 1956
    Series name
    Mining Review 9th Year
    Issue no
    10
    NoS ID
    345919
    Story no
    4 / 4

    BFI synopsis: N.C.B. amateur boxing Southern Area finals at Bethnal Green. NCB Commentary - Bethnal Green on a Saturday afternoon, populous marketing centre of London’s East End, prepares to welcome...

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  9. SHOW PLACE

    Date released
    Oct 1957
    Series name
    Mining Review 11th Year
    Issue no
    2
    NoS ID
    345975
    Story no
    1 / 3

    BFI synopsis: A model coalmine at the NCB stand at Olympia bring viewed by children NCB Commentary - At London’s Olympia schoolboys and schoolgirls once again find their own exhibition. Fun and games are...

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  10. IN THE BAG

    Date released
    Dec 1958
    Series name
    Mining Review 12th Year
    Issue no
    4
    NoS ID
    346025
    Story no
    1 / 3

    BFI synopsis: a new mechanized coal depot in North London. NCB Commentary - Coal handling in merchants’ yards by old fashioned methods is wasteful of manpower and often involves delaying rail wagons which...

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