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Songs, stories, anger and resignation as Trimdon Grange colliery in County Durham faces closure in 1968
Documentary 1968 53 mins Silent
Elegiac, angry and resigned - there are many shades of feeling in this captivating television documentary on the imminent closure of Trimdon Grange colliery in County Durham. It captures the poetry of the everyday - thanks to the beautiful camerawork of Norman Langley and the subtle direction of Alex Valentine.
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