http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/mining/ 21 videos that should be worth watching.
Street Musicians
Welsh Miners' Choir
BROADCAST 1936 3 MINUTES
Two recordings of a Welsh male-voice choir.
Coal
BROADCAST 1938 16 MINUTES
'Behind the seams' at a Durham coal mine.
Woman's Hour
Two Generations
BROADCAST 1959 7 MINUTES
How do the experiences of two miners from separate generations differ?
New Lamps For Old
BROADCAST 1960 27 MINUTES
The story of the closing of Brereton Colliery.
The Long Street
Road to Pandy Square
BROADCAST 1965 28 MINUTES
Remembering Tonypandy's role in the 1921 National Coal Strike.
Man Alive
Packing Up and Moving Out
BROADCAST 1967 29 MINUTES
Two mining families make the decision to move from Northumberland to Nottingham.
James Gilfillan
BROADCAST 1968 15 MINUTES
Memories of childhood in a 1930s Glasgow mining family.
What Did You Do In The War, Daddy?
BROADCAST 1969 28 MINUTES
The story of the men who spent World War II down the mines.
A Year in the Life
Craghead: 1968-1969
BROADCAST 1969 45 MINUTES
A turbulent time for a mining village in the North East of England.
Man In His Place
Durham: 1: A Man's Life
BROADCAST 1972 24 MINUTES
Exploring the culture and social history of the Durham coal fields.
It's Saturday
Bill Smith
BROADCAST 1972 4 MINUTES
Memories of a Bevin Boy from Bridlington.
Omnibus
Shafts Of Sunlight
BROADCAST 1975 48 MINUTES
Where there's muck, there's brass... and pigeons and lurchers and bingo too.
Nationwide
Pit Animals
BROADCAST 1981 5 MINUTES
The diminishing role of animals in Britain's coal mines.
Down You Go, Down Below
BROADCAST 1982 44 MINUTES
A history of the South Wales mining industry.
Forty Minutes
Miners
BROADCAST 1982 40 MINUTES
A weekend in the lives of four Yorkshire miners.
Bevin Boys
BROADCAST 1983 29 MINUTES
Recollections of conscription in the coal industry during World War II.
Panorama
The Coal War
BROADCAST 1984 49 MINUTES
Is the ongoing miners' strike turning moderates into militants?
Panorama
Is The Coal Face Crumbling?
BROADCAST 1984 50 MINUTES