News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Mining Review 20th Year

Issue

Issue No.

5

Date Released

Jan 1967

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. London - ENGINEERS’ DAY
• 2. Denbighshire - LOCAL TALENT
• 3. London - JOIN UP
• 4. County Durham - GEOLOGIST

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

BFI synopsis: The Careers Exhibition held at the Science Museum, London.
NCB Commentary - London’s Science Museum is, for 8 weeks this winter, the home of the Engineer’s Day Exhibition.
Sponsored by the Ministry of Technology - the exhibition’s main purpose is to attract and interest boys and girls in Engineering as a career.
Many Government departments exhibited - the Post Office Tower stands high in the interest rating.
The aircraft industry - the Royal Navy - and the National Coal Board were all on display.
Main purpose of the Coal Board stand was to demonstrate the advances that have been made in the remote control of mining operations.
From a surface control room just like this all operations above and below ground can be monitored and controlled - telephone and teleprinters keep the mine manager in touch with all that is happening in his colliery.
Control rooms like this are symbols of the evolution of the mining industry into one of the most technically sophisticated in the land.
From the world of today our present and future enginers will secure Britain’s position in the world of tomorrow.

Keywords

Education and training; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

London; England; Science Museum

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