Miners’ Health Centre

Series

Series Name
Mining Review 2nd Year

Issue

Issue No.
3
Date Released
Nov 1948
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
NoS synopsis: How miners at Banwen, Rhondda, helped to make a Welsh health centre with the help of their doctor, Dafydd Thomas. Scenes inside the centre include the physiotherapist and the radiographer using x-ray machine. Includes a reconstruction of a converstaion between the miners and the Doctor two years ago.
Researcher Comments
According to bfi sources, this story was filmed from the 29th September to the 2nd October 1948. It was inspired by an article in the Daily Mirror on the 14th August 1948. The commentary was recorded on the 6th October 1948.
Keywords
Health and medicine
Locations
Wales; Rhondda
Written sources
British Film Institute Databases
Viewing Copy - bfi screenonline   Used for Synopsis
Documentary Film News   Vol.7 No.70, Nov-Dec 1948, p120.
BFI Screenonline synopsis   ID No.721699
Credits:
Production Co.
Documentary Technicians Alliance
Producer
Donald Alexander
Support services
John Gaudioz
Camera
John Reid
Commentator
John Slater
Camera
Lionel Griffiths
Sponsor
National Coal Board
Director
Peter Pickering
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How to cite this record

'Miners’ Health Centre', Mining Review 2nd Year Issue No. 3, Nov 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/345491 (Accessed 24 Feb 2026)