Title

1980s news clips - Arthur Scargill on NCB decision

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

1984

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:00:34

Description

Press statement by miners’ leader, Arthur Scargill, criticising an announcement by the Coal Board of a decision which would effectively halve the size of the UK industry. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a retrospective compilation at the end of the decade.

Contributors

Arthur Scargill

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; UK; Great Britain; NUM; Coal industry; Coal miners; NCB; Coal mines

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