This is a complete list of items screened during Mining Review's fourth year: September 1950 - No. 1 Hanes Glo Eisteddfod, South Wales; includes miners competing in activities. London to Wales World power conference trip/ Delegates from Portugal, Yugoslavia and Belgium visits Nantgarw horizon mine, Llandough Pneumoconiosis Centre, Llanharan Colliery, sightseeing at Cardiff Castle, and the Briquetting Plant near Aberaman. Boy's Town St. Athan's Boys' Club, Porthcawl, Glamorganshire. Under the Mountain Reconstruction of Mardy Colliery, Rhondda, Wales. October 1950 - No. 2 Transformation Scheme Old stables in Nottinghamshire converted to a medical centre for miners. Radio Telephone A radio telephone system at an open-cast mine in Abergavenny.. Splash Dawdon swimming gala. November 1950 - No. 3 After The Headlines victims of the Knockshinnoch mine disaster rehabilitating at Ayr holiday camp. Digging In Mechanical mucker at Calverton (Nottingham). Miners Off-Shore Deal Rowing Club. Sand Planting trees by the Forestry Commission for pit props on the dunes of Moray Firth at Culbin Sands. December 1950 - No. 4 On The Move Manvers Main - modern underground haulage system. Baby It's Cold Outside Research centre at Garston on domestic heating efficiency; includes experiments on the Abbots Langley housing estate. Old Faithful Old winding machine at Wearmouth. Up for the Cup Crookhall Colliery brass band from Durham and their entry in the National Brass Band Contest held at the Albert Hall. January 1951 - No. 5 Digging Up The Past Old workings, Hempdyke, Yorkshire; archaeological investigation of old pit workings at South Heindly exposed by opencast mining. Pit Portrait Artist H.A. Freeth at Deep Duffryn where he paints Jim Murphy a miner. Standby Winder Emergency winding gear at Doncaster including a practice drill. Linby Colliery V Gillingham in first round of FA Cup. February 1951 - No. 6 Safety Officer The safety officer's job, as demonstrated by Tom Jones at Bradford colliery. Power Boat The rover gas turbine launch, "Torquil", is put through its paces on the River Thames. Mass Consultation Mass x-ray unit at Mardy, South Wales. Shifting the River Engineers diverting the River Browney in County Durham after it flooded the Littleburn Drift mine and threatened Brandon Colliery. March 1951 - No. 7 Young Ideas Schoolboys' exhibition at the Horticultural Halls, Westminster, London. The Magnet Magnetic safety lamp locks at Thorne colliery and Stoke Orchard laboratory (the Coal Board research laboratory). Knockout NCB amateur boxing Edinburgh. Boxers featured are Gerry Scott v David Clarke (welter-weight) and Charley Francis v Tom McLean (heavyweight). April 1951 - No. 8 Pit to Power Underground conveyor at Bradford colliery leading to Stewart Street power station. Warming Whitehall The use of a coal by-product in Whitehall boiler room to heat government buildings. TV At Bolsover Wilfred Pickles at Bolsover colliery as part of his television programme Have A Go for the BBC. Training For Rescue Doncaster rescue station: miners are put through their paces a the rescue station using breathing apparatus and first aid. Eddie Thomas Flashback to previous Mining Review (1st Year No. 8), featuring Eddie Thomas, boxer and now European titleholder.
May 1951 - No. 9
Fresh Air Mines ventilation - fan model
The Miner Sings Miners' folk song competition. The first in a series of recordings of miners songs features 'The Collier's Rant' performed by Rowland Robson.
Communication Cord A safety device for conveyor belts is demonstrated at Thoresby Colliery by inventor Gerald Russon.
Stonework Over Easter Rock climbing: miners in climbing party at Keswick.
June 1951 - No. 10
Exhibition Piece A two-ton lump of coal is extracted from the Lind Level drift mine at Tredegar and transported to the Festival of Britain for exhibition.
Fuel Sleuths A paper mill's fuel economy. Testing heat efficiency at St Andrews Paper Mills, London.
The Last Round NCB boxing finals at Nottingham. Billy Gison v Emlyn Jones (flyweight), J.F. Parsons v R.J. Thomas (middlewight), Arthur Hoyle v Tommy Greathead (light heavy weight).
July 1951 - No. 11
Easington A disaster at Easington colliery.
Warming The Pot China making in the Potteries, at the W.T. Copeland & Sons Spode works at Stoke on Trent, using coal for firing from the Norton Pit.
Late Night Final Rugby finals at Leigh: the North-Western Division rugby league final between Bickershaw Colliery and Sutton Manor Colliery.
Festival Miner Miner Bob Winfield takes his wife to the Festival pleasure gardens, where he demonstrates the Meco-Moore cutter before taking his wife on a short river trip to Battersea's Festival Pleasure Gardens. August 1951 - No. 12
Digging Deep Shaft sinking in Lancashire.
Miners' Festival Festival of Britain Show in Shotts, Lanarkshire.
Fox Hunt Miners keep down foxes with hunting dogs in Neath Valley, Wales.
Michael Brooke, with data from the BFI SIFT database
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