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christwigg
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15 years ago

Lots of nice footage on here if you have a good root around.
Most of it relates to disasters, but there are few odd ones.

Underground Mushroom Growing in Bradford-on-Avon
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=1474

Levant Tin Mine Disaster
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=29234

William Pit Disaster
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=13762

Tin Mining - Cambourne#
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=83337

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mikebee62
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15 years ago

I saw a letter from British Gaumont news relating to filming at South Crofty Mine Cornwall in 1929. Could be very interesting if it still exists, this would be a very early date for Cornish mining to be filmed I would think.

'Of cause its safe, just dont touch anything !!'

grahami
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15 years ago

The BBC were supposed to have made a recording of the big C floor compressor at Oakeley in the 50s or 60s - never been able to trace it though.

Grahami

The map is the territory - especially in chain scale.

derrickman
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15 years ago

interesting to see that although the film is dated 1966 ( and the electric lamps and donkey jackets would be correct for the period ) one miner still wears a Theford-type hard hat, while the onsetter wears what seems to be a stiffened-felt hat worthy of Trounson!

hand tramming, too...

''the stopes soared beyond the range of our caplamps' - David Bick...... How times change .... oh, I don't know, I've still got a lamp like that.

Digit
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15 years ago

"grahami" wrote:
The BBC were supposed to have made a recording of the big C floor compressor at Oakeley in the 50s or 60s - never been able to trace it though.

Grahami

There is a very high probability it is lost. A lot of the BBC's material from that era is missing/lost. Even material that commanded high viewing/listening figures was lost/recycled/disposed of. Little remains of the first series of Dr Who, nothing remains of the first 2 series of Goon Shows.

~~~ The future is not what it used to be ~~~