Durham Miners Gala

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2146A
Date Released
23 Jul 1970
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Durham Miners Gala. DESCRIPTION: The annual miners’ gala, when the men take a day off to parade through the streets of the city with brass bands blaring and banners flying. A rainy day fails to dull the festivities, and there to watch the parade, Leader of the Opposition Harold Wilson and other Labour Party personalities. SHOTLIST: GV procession of miners, bands etc. through main street. CU pan large banner of Mr Wilson. SV Wilson, Wedgwood Benn, Barbara Castle on County Hotel balcony, SV pan colliery band zoom in to drummer. SV band marching towards headed by woman holding up skirt & showing long pants. GV miners carrying banner past hotel. SV Scottish pipe band through street. GBV as procession nears open arena. CU sign hot dogs. SV sign Freshly Made Tea. CU sign Hamburgers & Beefburgers. CU children on roundabout. SV bandsmen instruments on ground. CU zoom out Queen of Coal. GV Barbara Castle addresses crowd. LV crowd listens. Side view Castle speaking. CU Mr Wilson lights pipe.
Keywords
Commemorations; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Food and cooking; Weather; Celebrations and festivals; Mining
Locations
Durham
Card file number
96181
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
P. Simmon
Length of story (in feet)
93
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Durham Miners Gala', British Movietone News Issue No. 2146A, 23 Jul 1970. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28406 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)