Prince Philip on the mining industry

Title

Prince Philip on the mining industry

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

20 Feb 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:07

Description

Dickie Arbiter reports on Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh’s speech to mining industry workers in London, in which he made no direct reference to the current coal industry dispute but argued coal and oil should be extracted both safely and economically. Includes extracts.

Contributors

Prince Philip; Dickie Arbiter

Keywords

Strikes; Labour disputes; Economics; Coal mining; Occupational health and safety; Coal miners; Coal; Royal family; Royalty; Oil extraction; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Labour productivity; Petroleum industry; Mine safety

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