Mining Review 19th Year No. 11

This poetic Free Cinema documentary, filmed near Manchester, reflects on the changing world of the engineman.

Is Chris Tarrant up to shovelling a ton and a half of coal to keep the fire burning and the steam up between Bridgnorth and Bewdley?

With the horrific effects of gas warfare still fresh in the memory, rubberised men – like extras from a 1950s British sci fi movie – prepare for more, with 1940s attention to detail.

Come and see Rocket 150, and visit a selection of railway locations, past and preserved.

Snowploughs are readied to rescue a snowbound train - in one of the most popular of all British Transport Films.

Telling the story of four British Road Services drivers who lived and worked together for two years.

Never mind that the country is at war with a powerful and vicious foe, that’s no reason to stop going to greyhound racing, with a bet on the side.

No attempt to sell an idyllic lifestyle here in these two cinema ads for local shops, just a simple warning on the irreplaceability of eyesight.

Adverts not to get punters to buy anything, but just to enjoy sports and preserve memories of seaside holidays, in “real” photographs.

Advertisements for tripe, cow heels, trotters and milk – those were the days! It was a time of food rationing, but going to the cinema wasn’t.

‘Carry On Castleford’ – crowds take to the streets in fancy dress for the Annual Pram Race.

Rich man vs. Poor man - what goes around comes around in this unexpected gambling tale

A Chinese teenager dreams of living with her cool aunt in New York, until tensions boil over during a crab dinner.

Two years in the life of TRUK United FC, a beacon for positive change and trans inclusivity in football.

A trans high-schooler is tempted by toxic masculinity in the boys’ bathroom.

A child struggling with their identity and a charismatic fox (voiced by Sir Ian McKellen) learn to embrace their differences in this heart warming stop-motion animation.

A Maori and a Kiwi teen buddy up to raid their mum’s wardrobe and pucker their lips with red.

‘I pronounce you wife and wife.’ A young couple design their perfect wedding online, but then mum dials in.