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National Coal Board Collection: Portrait of a Miner 2 disc set

certificate 15 Certificate
1947-1978 DVD Sep 09
Colour, B&W
UK
Subtitles: English, optional for hearing-impaired
Published/distributed by BFI
ISBN/EAN: 5035673008515
Ratio 1.33:1
Region 2
Price: £22.99
(Including VAT at 17.5%)
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National Coal Board Collection: Portrait of a Miner 2 disc set 
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Elemental, visual, dramatic: coal mining is not only deeply cinematic, but as a huge part of British life for centuries, has profoundly shaped our society. This collection showcases and celebrates the extraordinary work of the National Coal Board Film Unit - operating between 1947-1984 - producing films to inform, entertain and galvanise working people across the country.

From intimate drama-documentaries and sublime cartoons to the sheer pleasure of topical tales from the Mining Review cinemagazine, this collection is a beguiling invitation into the domestic, community and working life of miners and their families.

With stories from coal-fields across Scotland, Wales and England - from pit ponies to brass bands, cutter loaders to the five-day week - this set presents over 5 hours of remastered material, and contains an extensive booklet featuring newly commissioned contributions from Lee Hall (writer of Billy Elliot), the BFI's curators and other researchers.

'It's a tour de force collection of unusual and recently archived documentaries about the industry...All the films in this five-hour collection are so good they ache for repeated viewing' Ken Russell, The Times

Disc 1:
* Mining Review 1st Year No 1 (1947)
* King Coal (1948)
* Nines Was Standing (1950)
* Miners Health Centre, from Mining Review 2nd Year No 3 (1948)
* Mining Review 2nd Year No 10 (1949)
* Mining Review 2nd Year No 12 (1949)
* Plan for Coal (1952)
* The Shovel (1953)
* Time Out from Mining Review 7th Year No 8 (1954)
* Balletomines from Mining Review 7th Year No 12 (1954)
* Hungarians in Britain from Mining Review 10th Year No 8 (1957)
* New Power In Their Hands (1959)
* Mining Review 13th Year No 4 (1959)
* Stormy Genius from Mining Review 13th Year No 8 (1960)
* Arthur Clears the Air (1961)
* Whitehaven Whippets from Mining Review 15th Year No 7 (1962)
* Mining Review 16th Year No 6 (1963)

Disc 2:
* Songs of the Coalfields (1964)
* Big Job (1965)
* Portrait of a Miner (1966)
* Nobodys Face (1966)
* The First Adventures of Thud and Blunder (1964)
* Mining Review 20th Year No 9 (1967)
* Hands, Knees and Bumps a Daisy (1969)
* Mining Review 22nd Year No 5 (1969)
* What About That Job? (Case Studies for Management No 1)(1970)
* The Bother Breeder (Case Studies for Management No 4 (1970)
* Man Failure (1971)
* Ill See You (Too Late Now No 2) (1976)
* A Beautiful Memory (Too Late Now No 3 )(1976)
* You Pick the Moment (Too Late Now No 4)(1976)
* Miners (1976)
* Review 32nd Year No 1 (1978)
* 40 Years on (1978)
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