News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Mining Review 18th Year

Issue

Issue No.

11

Date Released

Jul 1965

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Berkshire & County Durham - The Way Ahead
• 2. London - In the Bag
• 3. London - Net Result
• 4. Derbyshire - Gallery

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

NoS synopsis: Coalfields netball tournament
NCB Commentary - London’s Lincolns Inn Fields is a pleasant, shaded square - for resting awhile - or, if you prefer - rushing madly about.
It’s a Saturday and teams of girls are assembling for the inter Coalfields Netball Tournament.
No mere male gets a look in here - unless it’s to stand on the side lines.
A toot on the whistle and they’re off - 7 girls aside; twenty hectic minutes each way.
The teams represent the various coalfield areas of the country. One onlooker doesn’t care where they come from.
And in the final - Oakdale, from South Wales, playing in dark blouses, took the check-shirted Headquarters team to the cleaners - 18-11.
Skipper Jill Thomas accepted the cup - and, of course, the kiss that went with it.

Keywords

Sport; Mining

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Films on Coal Catalogue   1969, p.50
The National Archives COAL 32   /13 Scripts for Mining Review, 1960-1963

Credits:

Sponsor

National Coal Board

Production Co.

National Coal Board Film Unit