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MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lofthouse Colliery Disaster. DESCRIPTION: A mine disaster at Lofthouse Colliery, near Wakefield, Yorkshire. Seven men are trapped 700 feet underground, behind a wall of water, pouring...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mine Disaster. DESCRIPTION: PM Heath visits the site of the mine disaster at Lofthouse Colliery near Wakefield. SHOTLIST: GV drill hole. CU man. CU drill into ground. GV rubble on...
COI synopsis: River mining for diamonds in the River Sewa, Sierra Leone and the dealing and cutting of gems.
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Review of the Year. DESCRIPTION: Movietone Reviews the Major Events of 1973. SHOTLIST: PART 1 (383’) SV (5) torchlight procession (GR 2275) marches past with banners, veteran cars...
COI synopsis: Let the bath water go and you’ll see the principle of a machine to separate coal from rock. That twisting spiral of water takes rocks to the bottom and floats coal out at the top. Vorsyl...
COI synopsis: A coal black product to give us clean, clear water. Anthracite coal is converted into "active carbon" whose particles have a vast porous surface. They literally "hang-on" to any impurities in...
COI synopsis: Man-made fibres with an anti-static treatment which won’t wash out. They’re impregnated with carbon, which conducts electric current so static charge can never build up. Already being used...
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