| AROUND SCOTLAND The coal mines are taken into the people's ownership. | ||
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| Catalog #: | 106574 | |
| Clip Number: | 106574-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 47/4 | |
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| Location: | Lanarkshire, Scotland | |
| Year Shot: | 1947 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY/MINING: Coal | |
| Description: | MISSING 12/15/2009 AROUND SCOTLAND The coal mines are taken into the people's ownership. Vesting Day in Scottish mines - Nationalisation of the coal mines. High Ballantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland CU a huge banner, carried by a crowd of miners, showing Keir Hardie on it. CU Andrew McNaulty veteran fighter for miners rights. He unfurls the National Coal Board flag over the pit. CU the N.C.B. flag flying. LS the Huge crowd watches the ceremony with awe. CU. a man climbs a pole to unfurl the NCB (National Coal Board) flag. CU 82 year old Bob Gillon hauls on the rope as the flag is hoisted. CU Good studies of miners in their working clothes. CU a board outside the colliery which says "This colliery is now managed by the National Coal Board on behalf of the people". LS Miners filing into the colliery. | |
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