36 Mines Must Close A Look Into The Closure Of Coal Mines And The Switch To The Use Of Gas For Heating Footage

36 MINES MUST CLOSE A look into the closure of coal mines and the switch to the use of gas for heating.
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	Catalog #:	111990
	Clip Number:	111990-1
	Orginal Film:	58/98
	Timecode:
	Location:	United Kingdom
	Year Shot:	1958 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	No
	Headings:	INDUSTRY/MINING: Coal
	Description:	36 MINES MUST CLOSE A look into the closure of coal mines and the switch to the use of gas for heating. Nottinghamshire LV Coal trucks and coal dump in goods yard. GV Railway trucks on move loaded with coal. Angle shot of pit head and wheel. Silhouette shot of miners with headlamps on walking through tunnel on way to coal face. Sequence of five shots - miners working at the coal face. GV Surplus coal dump in the Nottingham area. LV SV Coal dump. CU Pan stack of coal. Hobart House, London CU Sign on pillar 'National Coal Board'. LV Interior: Bill Symon interviewing Mr Thomas of the National Coal Board (NCB) lead up for voice. CU Mr Thomas with Bill Symon asking: 'If this coal is hard to get rid of why don't you sell it a bit cheaper?' Mr Thomas replies: 'Well you must remember that this is coal that is not suitable for the housewife. She wouldn't thank us for it. Most of it is for the power stations and industries. They're using all they need, so why try to sell them more at bargain prices. It's bad business. We'd be losing money.' GV Interior: of the turbo generators at the Tilbury Power Station. Nearer shot: of the turbo generators. GV out of use coal conveyors. GV Huge turbine control room. SV Operator at controls. CU Operator. CU Oil fuel pressue pump gauge. LV Oil storage tank fixed in the back garden of Mr.Leach's home at Sunbury. Mr.Leach walks into the picture and checks oil guage on tank. CU Oil gauge. Shot looking through window. Mr Leach walks away from oil storage tank and into his home (this tank holds 225 gallons). SV Interior Mr Leach walks into the kitchen and takes the front off the oil burning stove. CU Hand comes in and turns the knob to make an adjustment of the head. LV From dining room looking through doorway as Mr Leach puts cover back onto stove and walks through into dining room. CU Adjusting oil radiator. CU Sign 'The National Union of Mine Workers'. SV Interior: Bill Symon interviewing NUM General Secretary Arthur Horner. CU Mr Arthur Horner listening to question and replying. SV Bill Symon asking another question. CU Arthur Horner replying. Horner suggests abolishing Open Cast mining and slow down the burning of oil instead of coal. Lorries tipping out coal onto dump. LV Coal dump. LV Pit head. SV Miners leaving pit.