christwigg
15 years ago
Spotted this in the program for a local arts festival.

KING COAL: A CENTURY OF
COAL MINING ON FILM
Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle
Sun 14 March, 12pm (78 mins)
£6 / £5 concessions
Drawn from the BFI National Archive, King Coal offers a remarkable insight into an industry which came to define 20th century Britain, from precious early films such as A Day in the Life of a Coal Miner (1910) and Coal Face (1935) to 1940s animation, 1980s footage shot during the turmoil of the Miners’ Strike, and footage of the Durham Miners’ Gala in 1963.

chriscambo25
15 years ago
I think these videos may lso be available at the BBC archive-

[/img][url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/mining/6910.shtml?all=2&id=6910

got this link a while back from Dean alison so -many thanks to him

christwigg
15 years ago
Looks like a different set of films, the oldest there is from 1936.

Interesting none the less.

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