This is a complete list of items screened during Mining Review's 14th year: September 1960 - No. 1 House Builder A young miner builds his own house. Geyser Power Steaming geysers in New Zealand. Cows and Coal A modern boiler installation in a London depot. Water Cutter Coal cut by water in a South Wales mine. Midget Miner Atomic science helps a new power loader designed to win coal from seams around two feet thick. October 1960 - No. 2 Silver and Bronze Olympic medallist Dorothy Hyman returns with her trophies. Washed Coal An experiment with high power hoses to wash coal in New Zealand. Chocolate Coal helps to make chocolate. G-rrr! Bedlington terriers visit a mining town. November 1960 - No. 3 Rain or Shine The Kentish Coalfields Gala Day in Dover. Double Tops Albert Welsh, Dart champion of Britain. Bravery The story of James Gillan, George Medallist. December 1960 - No. 4 Tidying Up The modern technique of putting the rubbish back underground. What's Wrong? Finding the "deliberate mistake" in a dummy mine makes miners safety conscious. Bird Watchers Charles Beaumont caring for injured animals. Two of a Kind Two mining motor-cycle enthusiasts take part in race. January 1961 - No. 5 Career The varied training covered by a recruit to management in the Somerset coalfield. Goodbye The Old Faithful An old winding machine is being retired. Good Luck Britains first nationalised chimney sweep doing a good job. Try-Try-Try Again Rugby match. February 1961 - No. 6 Coal Cures A large manufacturing chemists near Nottingham, where coal is used not only as a power source, but a a raw material in the making of drugs. 31st January 1961 Interview with outgoing NCB Chairman Sir James Bowman. 1st February 1961 Interview with incoming NCB Chairman the Right Honourable Alfred Robens. *This film can be watched on BFI InView. March 1961 - No. 7 Cynheidre A new anthracite pit opens in south Wales. Dance For Their Dinner Club activities in a training centre. See For Yourself A colliery open day. New College The Manchester Domestic and Trades College. April 1961 - No. 8 Take It Easy A new lorry with built-in conveyor delivers coal. Improving Study Engineers analyse pit work. Child's Play Northumberland miners in their 'local'. Sinking Fastest A new shaft sinkers' record. May 1961 - No. 9 Commonwealth Coal A special issue dealing with training in the coal industry made as a contribution to Commonwealth Technical Training Week. Commonwealth students avail themselves of the Coal Board's training facilities and use their acquired skills in their own countries. June 1961 - No. 10 Visit to Ayr Boys from Eton College visit the Scottish Coalfields. Tulip Time The annual Festival of Flowers at Spalding in Lincolnshire. July 1961 - No. 11 Coaled Steel The art of sword making. All Gold Gold mining in Ghana. Merthyr Boy Howard Winstone, Britain's Featherweight Champion returns to Merthyr. August 1961 - No. 12 Campanologists Miners "ring the changes" in the Midland area. Many of the bells are cast in the Loughborough foundary. Clogged Ex-miner Johnson Ellwood heads a famous Northern clog-dancing family. Forward Move Research carried out at the Central Engineering Establishemnt at Bretby in Derbyshire is playing a big part in raising efficiency and safety standards. Data from the BFI SIFT database
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