News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Review 31st Year

Issue

Issue No.

3

Date Released

Nov 1977

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Big Geordie takes a walk

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

NCB synopsis: The operation of "Big Geordie" an enormous dragline in the Northumberland coalfields.
Europe’s biggest walking dragline is helping to win 12 million tons of opencast coal each year. To do so it has just taken the longest walk of its life - from one site to another more than 2 miles apart.

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Films on Coal Catalogue   1979, p.39 Used for synopsis
The British National Film Catalogue   Vol.16 1978, p.88

Credits:

Cutter

Deh-ta Hsiung

Commentator

Francis Gysin

Camera

Fred Gamage

Production Co.

National Coal Board Film Unit

Producer

Robert Kruger

Director

Terry Edwards