Police officers at a road block stop striking miners and question them. A miner reports a policeman saying that if the miners succeeded in getting rid of the government then the police will be the next government.

In a working man's club a miner sings a folk song asking 'Which side are you on?' and calling for working-class solidarity with the miners.

A group of miners discusses the reasons for the strike and describes how the closure of collieries causes the loss of whole communities because of the effect on ancilliary industries such as the railways and engineering.

Miners' wives talk about the financial hardship of being on long-term strike and the difficulties of supporting their children. The older children understand that their fathers are striking for them in the hope that there will be jobs for the next generation.

Hundreds of meals are provided for miners and their families in a canteen run by volunteers. A miner's wife reads a poem on the struggle faced after 26 weeks without pay and the desire to avoid the indignity of the dole queue.

A miner reads a poem which equates taking voluntary redundancy with selling a job. The wife of a miner speaks about how the women have organised themselves in defending the miners.

A miner tells of his realisation that the police are not neutral. Miners and their wives describe the massive police presence and give details of police violence towards both men and women. A song declares that whatever the struggle, the police will be on the side of the bosses.

Working miners are bussed through the pickets and strikers describe police violence at Armthorpe Colliery. A woman describes how the police tried to force entry into her house near to the colliery.

A traditional song about the dangers of mining is sung over newspaper cuttings accusing miners of thuggish behaviour during the strike.

A child reads a poem contrasting the official condemnation of police violence in South Africa with the response of the authorities during the miners' strike.

The concluding song is, again, 'Which side are you on?' calling for support for the miners or it declares that the next to be affected may be yourself.