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Series

Series Name
Mining Review 3rd Year

Issue

Issue No.
5
Date Released
Jan 1950
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Summary
BFI synopsis: Tromit gatehead safety device, Wales, at the New Cross Hands Colliery.
Researcher Comments
According to bfi sources, this story was filmed from the 15th to the 17th November 1949. The research was done by Tony Thompson on the 31st October 1949.
Keywords
Mining; Safety devices
Locations
Wales
Written sources
British Film Institute Databases   Used for synopsis
Film User   Vol.4 No.40 February 1950, p106.
Credits:
Director
Basil Somner
Camera
Charles Wilford Smith
Production Co.
Documentary Technicians Alliance
Commentator
John Slater
Sponsor
National Coal Board
Director
Tony Thompson
Camera
Wolfgang Suschitzky

How to cite this record

'Full Support', Mining Review 3rd Year Issue No. 5, Jan 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/345640 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)