Shipyard for Colliers
Series
- Series Name
- Mining Review 2nd Year
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 5
- Summary
- NoS synopsis: Shipbuilding at Sunderland, Yard No 397. The building of a collier for the coal trade around the coast of Britain. The launch and fitting out of "Pompey Light" and the loading of "Birchwood" carrying Durham coal to the south.
- Researcher Comments
- According to bfi sources, this story was filmed from the 20th to the 22nd September 1948. The commentary was recorded on the 6th October 1948.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Engineering
- Locations
- Sunderland; England
- 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:
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- Production Co.
- Documentary Technicians Alliance
- Producer
- Donald Alexander
- Camera
- John Reid
- Commentator
- John Slater
- Sponsor
- National Coal Board
- Director
- Peter Pickering
- Camera
- Ronald Bicker
How to cite this record
'Shipyard for Colliers', Mining Review 2nd Year Issue No. 3, Nov 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/345492 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)