Results: Stories
15 results found for '"Leslie Shepard"' in Credits.
Keep it Moving
- Date released
- Mar 1948
- Series name
- Mining Review 1st Year
- Issue no
- 7
- NoS ID
- 334743
- Story no
- 3 / 4
BFI synopsis: emergency measures for the transport of coal in winter weather; volunteers at Haslemere station help to move coal supplies.
Coo!
- Date released
- Jul 1948
- Series name
- Mining Review 1st Year
- Issue no
- 11
- NoS ID
- 334759
- Story no
- 4 / 5
NoS synopsis: This item focuses on one miner, Kent-based Tom Lancashire, and his bird Atomic Mealy, one of 15,000 competitors at the Pigeon Special event. Released in batches at ten-minute intervals, they...
French Leave
- Date released
- Sep 1948
- Series name
- Mining Review 2nd Year
- Issue no
- 1
- NoS ID
- 345482
- Story no
- 1 / 3
Summary - British miners in Paris, with a visit to a French colliery. BFI synopsis: A party of twenty two miners and some of their wives visit Paris and are seen leaving London , having a tour of Paris...
A Pit is Reborn: 2. Manton Colliery, Notts
- Date released
- Oct 1948
- Series name
- Mining Review 2nd Year
- Issue no
- 2
- NoS ID
- 345488
- Story no
- 4 / 4
BFI synopsis: Sinking a new shaft through water-bearing strata.
Saturday Night Sing-Song
- Date released
- Mar 1949
- Series name
- Mining Review 2nd Year
- Issue no
- 7
- NoS ID
- 345507
- Story no
- 2 / 4
BFI synopsis: Filmed at ‘The Red Cow’, Treorchy, South Wales. Featured William Howells on piano, Philip Pask sings "Drosyrails" and the Thomas brothers (Wyndham and Jack) sing "My Brother Sylvest".
Return to Dunkirk
- Date released
- Aug 1950
- Series name
- Mining Review 3rd Year
- Issue no
- 12
- NoS ID
- 345669
- Story no
- 4 / 4
BFI Summary - Two miners return to Dunkirk on the 10th anniversary. BFI synopsis: Ray Brown and John McColl from Chislet Colliery (Kent) travel to Dunkirk in the converted lifeboat Salvador captained by...
THE MINER SINGS
- Date released
- May 1951
- Series name
- Mining Review 4th Year
- Issue no
- 9
- NoS ID
- 345701
- Story no
- 2 / 4
BFI Summary - Miners’ folk song competition. BFI synopsis: First in a series of recordings of miners songs - "The Collier’s Rant" performed by Rowland Robson.
SORTING OFFICE
- Date released
- Jan 1952
- Series name
- Mining Review 5th Year
- Issue no
- 5
- NoS ID
- 345728
- Story no
- 1 / 4
BFI synopsis: the rail marshalling yard at Toton, Derby. NCB Commentary - With the winter fuel demand at its peak, this Midland colliery, like all the other pits, is turning out laden coal wagons as fast as...
FREE FOR ALL
- Date released
- Dec 1952
- Series name
- Mining Review 6th Year
- Issue no
- 4
- NoS ID
- 345769
- Story no
- 4 / 4
NoS Summary - all-in wrestling at Fryston institute. BFI synopsis: Miners at Fryston (Yorkshire) celebrate the first anniversary of the building of the Miners" Welfare Hall includes wrestling matches -...
THE BIG PUSH
- Date released
- Apr 1953
- Series name
- Mining Review 6th Year
- Issue no
- 8
- NoS ID
- 345781
- Story no
- 1 / 4
BFI synopsis: the new British tractor, the Vickers-Rolls-Royce VR 180, on opencast sites. NCB Commentary - Opencast coal continues to play a big part in our fuel supply. With production running at 200,000...