News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Mining Review 3rd Year

Issue

Issue No.

7

Date Released

Mar 1950

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Northumberland: Side Line
• 2. Stafford: Spadework
• 3. Trawler
• 4. New Horizons
• 5. Welsh Rarebit

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

BFI Summary - horizon mining in Nantgarw, South Wales.
NoS synopsis: A map shows where further reserves of coal are, with shots of the areas themselves interspersed. A model shows a cross-section of the land, and there is then a demonstration of horizon mining.

Researcher Comments

According to bfi sources, this story was filmed from the 6th to the 8th December 1949.

Keywords

Mining

Locations

Wales

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Viewing Copy - bfi screenonline   Used for Synopsis
BFI Screenonline synopsis   ID No.721771

Credits:

Camera

Charles Wilford Smith

Production Co.

Documentary Technicians Alliance

Sponsor

National Coal Board

Director

Peter Pickering

Camera

Wolfgang Suschitzky