News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Mining Review 19th Year

Issue

Issue No.

10

Date Released

Jun 1966

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. County Durham - Cliff Bottom
• 2. Tom McGuinness
• 3. Merseyside - Fashion City
• 4. Northumberland - Throckley works

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

BFI synopsis: A solid fuel appliance exhibition near Liverpool had a fashion show as its off-beat centre piece. Views of the Mersey river with ship; travelling shot looking up at Liver building. CU Judy Oneup (?) (Miss Ahston Under Lyme and Miss England finalist) in car. TS (rear view) of car going into Mersey Tunnel. Montage of images showing trend-setting fashions of the 1960s - sign for "The Cavern" Club; neon sign for "The oDD Spot" (sic); man smartly dressed walking along street. CU Mary Buerk (with small beehive hairstyle) in derelict street. Terraced housing zoom back to reveal Roman Catholic cathedral . Bus stop for football fans; graffiti on wall - "Everton". Scenes at the fashion show and solid fuel appliance exhibition, Fashion show intercut with female audience and views of the sold fuel appliances including working fires. A model at the dock, zoom back to show docks and merchant ship at anchor.
NCB Commentary - Liverpool means the Mersey and its international seaport.
To 20 year old Judy Wannop, this year’s Miss Ashton-under-Lyne and Miss England finalist, Liverpool means home. It’s the home as well of so many trend setting fashions of the 60s.
To Mary Burke, Liverpool still means a city of contrast between the old and the new and of partisan rivalries.
Both Judy and Mary recently took part in a Coal Board exhibition, one with a difference. A fashion show was the off-beat centerpiece of a display of solid fuel appliances.
Fashion and room heaters go together, it seems.
Warm hearted Liverpool knows how to keep warm, and how to counter the chilly breezes that sweep up river with the big ships.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Fashion and costume; Exhibitions and shows; Fuels

Locations

Liverpool; England; River Mersey

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases   Used for synopsis
The National Archives COAL 32   /13 Scripts for Mining Review, 1960-1963

Credits:

Sponsor

National Coal Board

Production Co.

National Coal Board Film Unit