This fascinating short documentary made during the 1984/85 Miner’s Strike places the development of the Selby coalfield in the context of pit closures and staunch opposition from the National Union of Mineworkers.
Including a variety of interviews with figures such the National Union of Minerworker’s President Arthur Scargill and the National Coal Board’s manager Ian MacGregor as well as local farmers and miners.
It includes dramatic footage of the miners fighting the flooding of the face at Wistow and examines the feared lifestyle clash between miners and existing residents.
Produced by Yorkshire Television.
- Date
- 1984
- Ref no
- R2G/Coal/007
- Level
- Item
- Archive
- Online, Yorkshire Film Archive
- Access status
- Online at the Yorkshire Film Archive website.
- Theme
- Coalfield
- Decade
- 1970, 1980