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250 results found for '"Mines"' in Keywords.
Bentley Colliery disaster (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
Press interview with Derek Ezra, National Coal Board Chairman, on the pit disaster at Bentley Colliery near Doncaster, when an underground train crashed. Seven miners were killed in the accident (later named...
Bentley Colliery disaster (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Arthur Scargill, NUM leader, on the pit disaster at Bentley Colliery near Doncaster, when an underground train crashed. Seven miners were killed in the accident (later named as: J Mitchell, R...
Bentley Colliery disaster (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Ian Rufus reports on the pit disaster at Bentley Colliery near Doncaster, when an underground train crashed killing seven miners. Speaking are: Dave Ketteridge, NCB; miner in rescue team (not identified)....
Bentley Colliery disaster (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Ian Rufus reports on the pit disaster at Bentley Colliery near Doncaster, when an underground train crashed killing seven miners. Includes interview with a miner’s wife waiting for news (not identified);...
Zairean president Mobutu visits Paris (1978)
- Genre
- News report
Paul Taylor reports on trip to Paris by President Mobutu of Zaire to thank the French for intervention by paratroopers in areas where rebels had taken over and were killing Europeans, also to ask for foreign...
Farmer on war and intimidation of workers in Rhodesia (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Rhodesian tobacco farmer Richard Holmes, discusses the war and the intimidation of farm workers in the country. Interview covers the location of land mines around the farm and the fact that farm workers are...
Mining tragedy (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Energy Secretary Tony Benn on where he was and his actions following the news of the [Golborne Colliery, Lancashire] pit explosion, and the repercussions of the unfortunate events.
Mining tragedy (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Sir Derk Ezra, Chairman of the National Coal Board, talks about the recent mining accident [at Golborne Colliery, Lancashire] in which a build-up of methane gas was exposed to a spark, causing an explosion....
Gormley on mine tragedy (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Joe Gormley, President of the NUM, on the accidental explosion in the Golborne pit, in which 3 men died. Gormley reminds the public that this is the price of coal, and promises a full inquiry to find out...
Golborne mine explosion (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Radio City’s Kieran Devaney reports on the tragedy that has struck Golborne mine, where an explosion killed 3 men, and left 8 badly burned. Speaking are mining boss Julian Griffiths, rescue worker Geoff...