News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Mining Review Composite Editions

Issue

Songs of the Coalfields

CMR11

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Songs of the Coalfields

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

NCB synopsis: A collection of miners’ ballads. Ewan MacColl and Isla Cameron, leading folk singers of today, appear in this film to sing six traditional mining ballads: The Sandgate Nursing Song, The Best Little Door Boy, Sixteen Tons, The Plodder Seam, The Blantyre Explosion, and The Row between the Cages.

Researcher Comments

Made in 1957 and 1964.

Keywords

Music and dance; Mining

Written sources

Films on Coal Catalogue   1969, p.59

Credits:

Production Co.

Documentary Technicians Alliance

Sponsor

National Coal Board

Production Co.

National Coal Board Film Unit