| MINERS RALLY Workers from 107 Yorkshire coal mines gather for annual rally and gala. Rotherham. | ||
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| Catalog #: | 29238 | |
| Clip Number: | 29238-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 60/51 | |
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| Location: | South Yorkshire | |
| Year Shot: | 1960 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY/MINING: Coal LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Yorkshire PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Occupational | |
| Description: | MISSING 1/22/2004 Miners rally. Miners Union and annual gala. Clifton Park, Rotherham, South Yorkshire. L/S procession of miners from 107 Yorkshire pits making its way towards Clifton Park. M/S patients from hospital watching at the side. M/S as one pit's banner is pushed along with children riding under it. M/S nurses watching. M/S people marching with fezzes on their heads. M/S as band plays. M/S of another banner. L/S pan across people gathered in Clifton Park to hear speeches by Harold Wilson, Shadow Chancellor, and Will Paynter, Secretary of the National Union of Miners. M/S Wilson speaking. L/S crowd. M/S Paynter speaking. M/S children's costume competition. L/S boxing match in progress in ring set up in the park. L/S contestants lined up for the Coal Queen Beauty Contest. L/S crowd looking on. M/S Miss Dorothy Harston from Barnsley parading before the judges. M/S Miss Una Doreen Hall parading. M/S crowd. L/S as the winner, Miss Agnes Fuller representing Beighton colliery, is presented with the sash. | |


