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Coal Industry in Britain

The struggling UK coal industry is under the spotlight, together with the US liquor trade and the rise in trailer living.

Anthology 1937 20 mins

Overview

Black Areas, the final story in this issue of the American newsreel, visits South Wales, where "men have made their living for centuries by digging coal" but are not sharing in the UK's return to prosperity after the Depression. This item was directed by Edgar Anstey, a leading British documentary filmmaker, who also headed the London office of March of Time in the late 1930s.

Anstey is probably best known for co-directing the groundbreaking film Housing Problems (1935) and went on to become a prominent producer, notably as head of British Transport Films.

Original title

The March of Time 2nd Year No. 10

Director

Edgar Anstey

Genres

Anthology

Country

USA

Language

English

Subjects

Temperance movement Clubs (social organisations) Women United States of America Mobile homes Coal Mining Nationalisation

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Documentary 1950 36 mins Silent Location: Featherstone

Absorbing overview of coalmining in the early years of nationalisation.

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Animation & Artists Moving Image 1964 2 mins

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Energy Energy

Advert 1935 42 mins Silent Location: Cardiff/Caerdydd

Coal, between the world wars, makes the industrialised world go round and Cory Bros & Co Ltd, with collieries in south Wales and oil refineries across the globe, is a major player.