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Mining Review 1st Year No. 7

Eclectic mix of post-war stories from the world of coal, including a Dumfermline miner in training for the Winter Olympics.

1948 10 mins

Overview

It's coal on ice! This March 1948 edition of Mining Review, the coal industry's monthly cinemagazine, has a wintry feel. As well as a story on emergency measures to keep the nation's fuel supplies moving during freezing weather, it includes a feature on Dunfermline miner Tom Syme, an Olympic ice-hockey hopeful in training at his local skating rink before heading for St Moritz.

This government film is a public record, preserved and presented by the BFI National Archive on behalf of The National Archives, home to more than 1,000 years of British history.

Director

Peter Pickering

Country

United Kingdom

Location

EasingtonDunfermline

Language

English

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