| COAL CRISIS Welsh miners cast their votes in a strike ballot, they are demanding a reduction in the price of coal. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5209 | |
| Catalog #: | 244861 | |
| Clip Number: | 244861-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 701 | |
| Timecode: | 01:37:06 - 01:38:23 | |
| Location: | South Wales | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY/MINING: Coal LABOR UNIONS: Miners LABOR UNIONS: Strikes LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, Wales | |
| Description: | COAL CRISIS. Miners Ballot scenes in South Wales, where the majority are in favour of a strike. South Wales. M/S of miners outside the colliery placing their votes into the ballot box. "MINERS' FEDERATION OF GREAT BRITAIN. Ballot Vote. In view of the refusal of the Government to concede the claims of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain for a reduction in the price of Domestic Coal ... " More shots of miners voting. M/S of a group of miners posing by a coal cart at the entrance to the mine - they all wear flat caps and have coal dust on their faces - they have obviously just finished a day down the pit. M/S of miners chatting and smoking gathered around the colliery lift wheel. | |
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