Miner Absorbing overview of coalmining in the early years of nationalisation. Documentary School programme and Educational film 1950 36 mins Thud and Blunder in Knock off Time Miners' safety training - marked by stylish animation and gallows humour. Animation & Artists Moving Image Industry sponsored film 1964 2 mins Energy Coal, between the world wars, makes the industrialised world go round and Cory Bros & Co Ltd, with collieries in south Wales and oil refineries across the globe, is a major player. Advert Industry sponsored film 1935 42 mins Big Pit Memories of Blaenavon Colliery, Monmouthshire, as it nears its end. Industry sponsored film 1978 7 mins Guilty Chimneys Elegiac sponsored film imploring viewers to "allow the sun to penetrate the haze of ignorance" and relieve British cities of pollution. Documentary 1954 18 mins People Will Always Need Coal Deliriously kitsch recruitment ad for the implausibly glamorous world of coalmining. Advert 1975 1 mins Adventure of Coal "Coalmining is now the greatest adventure of all time" according to this recruitment film. Promotional 1947 10 mins Campaign to Organise the General Strike Young Socialists take the lead in the struggle against the "Tory dictatorship" led by Margaret Thatcher. Campaigning film 1984 32 mins Tour of a British Coal Mine Deep underground, Yorkshire miners hew their living out of the coalface. Amateur film 1928 26 mins Phoenix Magazine Valleys boy escapes as architect to London, where he dresses in black, but returns to Clydach Vale - “a heaven and a hell all rolled into one word, spelled C O A L" – dressed in white. Drama-documentary 1970 21 mins Meet the Pioneers This directorial debut from Lindsay Anderson is an unexpectedly lyrical portrait of conveyor belts. Promotional 1948 32 mins Miners' Mecca Fire eating, sword dancing, beautiful banners and a whole lot of brass - Durham's 'Big Meeting' gets under way. Non-Fiction 1929 1 mins Miners' Strike Appeal Film Striking imagery powers this campaigning film on behalf of striking miners and their families. Campaigning film 1984 1 mins Mining Review 6th Year No. 1 This compendium of colliery tales includes miners enjoying a Butlins holiday, a round of golf at Gleneagles and a visit to a film set. 1952 9 mins A Day in the Life of a Coal Miner This short profile of mining life from silent film studio Kineto was a key film in the development of British documentary. Industry sponsored film 1910 10 mins Work-mates Meet Windsor the pit pony, pulling his weight (and more) for the war effort. Documentary 1940 18 mins Pigeon Cree An exuberant animated short celebrates writer Sid Chaplins short story about the defiant spirit of an old miner who finds his beloved pigeon loft is under threat. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1986 10 mins The Smoke Menace The deadly downside of Britain's industrial might: smog. Industry sponsored film 1937 11 mins Moving Earth Monster plant machinery is used in the preparation of land and for the extraction of coal in open-cast mining. 1949 20 mins Mining Review 23rd Year No. 6 Ace edition of the series with wintry-but-warm vignettes of coal community life in South Hetton, Woolley Colliery and Caldey Island. Cinemagazine 1970 11 mins Thorncliffe A look at Thorncliffe's extensive industrial heritage - from the 18th century to the 1930s. Documentary 1935 27 mins Mining Review 23rd Year No. 1 Welcome aboard 'Futuro', a spherical 'space house' for the 1970s. 1969 10 mins Baxi-pak Open Fire Central Heating Wokingham gets new houses warmed with the cutting-edge technology of the 60s. Documentary 1964 6 mins Many Feared Dead in Pit Disaster The aftermath of a devastating explosion at Haig pit in the Whitehaven coal field. Non-Fiction 1931 1 mins Black Diamonds A Barnsley miner dreams of shooting a film about life down the pits in this audaciously ambitious amateur feature. Amateur film Drama-documentary 1932 50 mins Dust - Miners' Disease Dark shadows in miners' lungs and lives, as the threat of pneumoconiosis is made worse by changes to the benefits that compensate for its effects. 1973 28 mins Seeing for Himself Not a waving flag or curtsey in sight as a solemn Prince of Wales tours deprived north east mining villages. Non-Fiction 1929 2 mins General Strike Off Smithfield Market is barricaded and Hyde Park turned into a milk depot, as London tries to cope with the 1926 General Strike. Non-Fiction 1926 3 mins Mining Review 14th Year No. 10 Spalding in Lincolnshire boasts eight million tulips in glorious array, while Eton boys go down a pit in Ayrshire. Cinemagazine 1961 10 mins Mining Review 19th Year No. 11 Coal touched all our lives, as this issue of the cinemagazine demonstrates with items on a miner's wife turned mayor, a Coal Board chess team and more. 1966 11 mins Miners Demonstration at Wakefield (1908) Infectiously lively film of a Yorkshire mining community's grand day out. Non-Fiction 1908 2 mins Miners' Last Stand This Week report capturing the immediacy of life on the picket line in South Yorkshire. Documentary 1972 27 mins Coal Crisis Is coal king or is it in crisis? This Modern Age offers its vision for the future. 1947 20 mins Forest of Dean Free Miners Described as the 'coal industry's last bastion of free enterprise', the Forest of Dean's free miners operate outside the National Coal Board and make a living from local coal. News Non-Fiction 1964 4 mins Beamish North of England Open Air Museum A ‘living museum’ at Beamish rides the waves of interest in industrial heritage in the 1970s. [78] 1976 26 mins Selby: The Saving Face for Coal The most advanced deep coal mine in the world opens while those who work it stand by their fellow miners, as the future of both the miners and coal mining is decided on the picket line. Documentary 1984 23 mins Rhondda and Wye The clear waters of the River Wye and the rural areas it flows through offer a stark contrast to the industrialised Rhondda where the River Taff runs black with coal dust. School programme and Educational film Travelogue 1948 20 mins Big Geordie A mechanical monster of the 70s takes its place in Northumberland’s coal mining history. Industry sponsored film 1970 21 mins Harold Wilson - Right of Reply - Coal Dispute Labour Party leader Harold Wilson speaks to the nation on the coal dispute in response to PM Edward Heath. Industry sponsored film 1972 8 mins Miners Retirement As the Cannock Chase office of the NUM fills up with the walking wounded from the pit face what future can there be for such a high risk industry? News Non-Fiction 1977 13 mins Raw Materials The power behind industrial Scotland is beautifully photographed in these scenes of coalminers and iron ore smelting. School programme and Educational film 1936 9 mins Our Smallest Colliery A Lancashire farmer's fields yield an unusual crop Non-Fiction 1927 2 mins Closure of Snibston Colliery A bleak Christmas for the men of Snibston Colliery as mining in Coalville comes to an end in the last days of 1983. Current affairs 1983 5 mins Miners Strike in South Derbyshire With flying pickets at the colliery entrance the moderate miners of South Derbyshire face the painful decision of whether to cross the picket line. Current affairs 1984 5 mins Personnel Recovery Unit What do you get when you cross a lifeboat and a coffin? This rescue device helps bring injured miners back to the surface. Sponsored film 1976 7 mins Film and Photo League: South Wales Material Potent, precious images of mining communities living through the bitter Depression years. 1935 17 mins Joint Sales Drive A walk through any Co-op store reveals some of the delightful gifts that could be yours if you advocate solid fuel heating for the home. Documentary Promotional 1974 10 mins Miners Leaving Pendlebury Colliery (1901) A black miner makes an intriguing addition to an already captivating film of coal workers up from their pit. Non-Fiction 1901 1 mins Review 26th Year No. 3 A makeover in Batley, a super-dock in Immingham - and 70s kitsch abounds. Cinemagazine 1972 10 mins Creswell and Langwith Miners, Mansfield (1900) Grimy miners head home at the end of their shift in the days before pithead baths. Non-Fiction 1900 1 mins Clean Air at Handsworth Three Handsworth households get paid to breathe more easily in this jaunty promo about Sheffield's switch to smokeless fuels. Industry sponsored film Public Information Filler 1972 7 mins Mining Review 4th Year No. 12 Miners' lives and labours in Lanarkshire, Leicestershire and South Wales. Cinemagazine Industry sponsored film 1951 10 mins Mining Review 2nd Year No. 4 The majestic rebirth of Manchester's Bradford Colliery and other stories. 1948 9 mins Black Diamonds - the Collier's Daily Life (1904) The only two surviving scenes from an amazing Edwardian film about the work of Britain's coalminers. Non-Fiction 1904 3 mins Mining Review 7th Year No. 2 Miners from Glamorganshire and Stafford let down their hair with festivals, galas and lashings of beer. Cinemagazine 1953 9 mins Mining Review 2nd Year No. 5 Rotherham United talent scout Joe McGuire is on the look out for miners with footballing flair. Cinemagazine 1949 9 mins Mining Review 13th Year No.12 Pits, quoits and 'Cosie' the hungry baby bear - this cinemagazine offers some wonderful vignettes of life beyond the 'face'. Cinemagazine 1960 9 mins Miners Strike, Pickets In the cold winter of 1972 Usworth Colliery miners refuse to keep the home fires burning during a national miners strike. Non-Fiction 1972 7 mins Mining Review 1st Year No. 2 A mass street football game in Workington, and fascinating debates in Glamorgan. 1947 10 mins Durham Miners' Gala Durham miners and their families mix fun with a dash of politics at their annual Gala. Non-Fiction 1928 2 mins Mining Review 3rd Year No. 5 Pipeline to Pimlico - Battersea Power Station helps change the face of Pimlico. 1950 9 mins Mining Review 15th Year No. 5 A visit to Peterlee, Co. Durham, plus news from Britain's coalfields. 1962 9 mins Mining Review 10th Year No. 11 Ashington, Northumberland, when it was still King of Coal. Plus folk star Ewan MacColl. 1957 9 mins Mining Review 13th Year No. 7 Bobby Charlton and his brothers Gordon and Jack meet their father Bert, a miner, as he clocks off from work. Cinemagazine 1960 8 mins No Coal Wanted Here With scant regard for Health & Safety, the women of Chiswick smoke, lounge and leapfrog to their heart’s content for the start of the mixed-bathing season. Non-Fiction 1921 1 mins Blackhill Campaign Miners, villagers and a Tory Lord fight the Blackhill Colliery closure in this moving documentary inspired by the Free Cinema movement of the 1950s. Animation & Artists Moving Image Documentary 1963 50 mins Welsh Coal Strike Scenes at Aberaman Beautifully-photographed scenes of industrial beauty, bleakness and jollity in Aberaman, in the Rhondda, South Wales. Non-Fiction 1910 5 mins Billingham Wharf and Official Opening of the Coal Hydrogenation Petrol Plant, ICI Billingham, by James Ramsay MacDonald M.P. A political giant takes a trip by electric buggy into the heart of an extraordinary chemical town at Billingham. Cinemagazine 1935 9 mins Incinerate - With Coal The styles, streets and music of 1970s Nottingham are engagingly evoked in this industrial process film. Documentary 1973 26 mins Durham Miners Gala Billowing banners and copious crowds throng Durham for the annual Miners' Gala. Non-Fiction 1930 2 mins Miners Absenteeism Where do all the miners go on a Monday? With an average of forty percent of miners staying away from work at the start of the week, what are they all doing and can the industry cope? News Non-Fiction 1965 4 mins Coalminer An insight into the life of coal miner Charles Jones from the Rhondda valley, an area famous for it’s coal production. Government sponsored film 1944 15 mins Facts and Fancies Joan Collins gets to grips with the by-products of coal in her first screen appearance Documentary 1951 24 mins Coals and Courtship Knockabout comedy that grabs attention through its setting of the Pwyllgwaun colliery near Pontypridd. Comedy 1919 30 mins £20 per Ton In a London factory money's going up the chimney, out the roof and down the pipes: an early documentary by Lindsay Anderson. Comedy 1955 5 mins Release the Jailed Miners! Wives and mothers call for the release of miners jailed during the Miners' Strike. Campaigning film 1984 40 mins Tidy Is Safe A neat coalition between the Keep Britain Tidy Group and the National Coal Board aims to inspire colliery cleanliness. Documentary 1975 14 mins Lle Triga’r Caneri From Tenerife to Treorchy: Jack Bellamy’s tribute to the canary, the little yellow songster that saved so many miners’ lives. Documentary 1989 46 mins Romance of a Lump of Coal A filmic speed date with the multifaceted rock celebrates its talents and virtues in the days before its shortcomings soured the relationship. Documentary 1935 5 mins NUM Rally With a crowd of over 2,000 and a pop star like reception for Arthur Scargill, the NUM conference in Sheffield is a rallying cry from the striking miners. Current affairs 1984 6 mins Coalminer An illuminating introduction to coalmining for young schoolchildren School programme and Educational film 1978 10 mins Solid Fuel A chorus of coal fires sing for their cut-price supper in this short animated ad for the National Coal Board. Advert Animation & Artists Moving Image 1965 0 mins Safety Loops No. 12 Coalminers Beware! Short sharp safety messages that hit the spot. 1970 11 mins Coal Mining Today Trainees are busy learning "a career rather than a job" at the world's first Mines Mechanisation Training Centre in Sheffield. Government sponsored film 1946 18 mins We've Got What It Takes The future of postwar Britain lies in the hands of her miners, according to this film encouraging young lads to work in the coal industry 1947 20 mins Mining Review 6th Year No. 5 An intriguing blast from soccer's past: Wrexham meet Beighton Miners Welfare in FA Cup First Round. 1953 9 mins Ocean Collieries Recreational Union The Ocean Coal Company plays its part in the “war against dirt” by providing pithead baths. Its new sports facilities and playgrounds offer healthy fun for all the community. Promotional 1934 9 mins The Peat Digger With a black Labrador by his side, “Fen Tiger” Harold Sennit, the self-proclaimed “last of the peat diggers”, sets to work at Wicken Fen, Cambs. Factual TV 1977 8 mins Where There's Brass “If there’s music in yer, it has to come out”. But northern brass bands, as this film testifies, reveal so much more about working class life than its innate creativity. Documentary 1969 45 mins Review 27th Year No. 12 Fascinatingly wrong 1970s predictions of how UK energy needs will be met in the future. Cinemagazine Industry sponsored film 1974 10 mins Coal Industry in Britain The struggling UK coal industry is under the spotlight, together with the US liquor trade and the rise in trailer living. Anthology 1937 20 mins Under New Management The coal industry needs you! Newly nationalised mining companies seek colliers, stokers, gaffers and lamp-keepers. Documentary 1948 13 mins Wealth from Coal The curious by-products of crude coal - drugs, plastics, benzole and fertilizer among them - and their wartime uses. 1940 10 mins In the Low Join the working men of a northern powerhouse: on the job in Gateshead workshops and at the long wall of a Northumberland pit. Industry sponsored film 1946 20 mins London: The Coal Strike From Westminster to Derbyshire: life at the coalface of one of Britain's defining political dramas. Non-Fiction 1912 1 mins It's Dark Down There Songs, stories, anger and resignation as Trimdon Grange colliery in County Durham faces closure in 1968 Documentary 1968 53 mins Impatience Excitable or restless? Learn how to control your impulses in this safety film from the National Coal Board Documentary 1971 8 mins Mining A highly revealing look at the high expectations for coal mining in Yorkshire shortly before the defeat of the miners and mass pit closures. Documentary 1982 26 mins Jim Bullock: Miner Extraordinary A rare example of social mobility as an ex-miner crosses the class divide, while still retaining some loyalty to his former community. Documentary 1969 37 mins Manvers May Day Parade The whole spectrum of colliery workers and their families take a break from work, parade their horses and exhibit their natural cheerfulness. Non-Fiction 1919 13 mins Two Weeks Clear As a coachload of miners drain a crate of beer each on a trip to Scarborough, several talk onions, another hustles at darts and one acts the clown. Documentary 1973 52 mins State of Emergency Key figures behind the clash between the government and the National Union of Mineworkers speak Documentary Inside Film 1978 52 mins Fuel for Battle There’s a war on and coal is needed – lots, and fast. Dylan Thomas is on hand to script this fascinating documentary. Government sponsored film Industry sponsored film 1944 21 mins A Man's Affair A holiday romance between a miner and a secretary blossoms in Ramsgate Romance 1949 65 mins Beckton Coke Works The awe-inspiring industrial splendour of Beckton gasworks is on show in this beautifully photographed film Industry sponsored film 1926 10 mins Who Voted for This? - The Nationalisation of Coal (1) Gender stereotypes alert! Bert insists he knows what he’s doing - with predictable results, as far as his wife is concerned Campaigning film 1948 1 mins Who Voted for This? - The Nationalisation of Coal (2) There’s no stopping Joe once he gets going on the topic of the nationalisation of the coal industry. Campaigning film 1948 2 mins
