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Film ID: YFA 6063 This amateur film can be seen on the YFA website http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/going-back-work-strike-1985 GOING BACK TO WORK STRIKE…
NCB Film – Dowdon Colliery
Film ID: NEFA 20975 This Film Can be seen on the YFA website http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/dawdon-colliery COLLIERY 1967 A film produced by Tyne…
NCB Film – The Fast Plough
Film ID: YFA 2524 THE FAST PLOUGH 1954 Visitor Tabs Description(active tab) The National Coal Board (NCB) Film Unit is…
NCB Film – The 4 Ms
Film ID: YFA 2617 THE 4 M’S 1964 Visitor Tabs Description(active tab) The National Coal Board (NCB) Film Unit is…
NCB Film Training for safety
Film ID: YFA 2622 TRAINING FOR SAFETY 1972 An informative National Coal Board Film which dramatises the potential safety hazards…
NCB Film – Assembling the Anderton Shearer loader
Film ID: YFA 2529 THE ANDERTON SHEARER LOADER (1) 1954 Visitor Tabs Description(active tab) The National Coal Board (NCB) Film…
Film: National Coal Board and A4 locomotives
Located at Yorkshire Film Archive Film ID: NEFA 21739 NATIONAL COAL BOARD AND A4 1960s This film by railway enthusiast…
NCB Film OPERATION OF A LONGWALL COAL CUTTER
See Yorkshire Film Archive http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/ Not seen OPERATION OF A LONGWALL COAL CUTTER 1957 The National Coal Board (NCB) Film Unit…
Soundscape – Selby Coalfield: the 1984-5 strike.
To hear this soundscape, click on the underlined word below. This is a soundscape compiled from a number of interviews…
Soundscape: Roles in the Mining Industry.
This is a soundscape compiled from a number of interviews with retired miners who once worked at Selby, now working…
Soundscape – Mining in General
Click on the underlined word to hear this compilation soundscape of voices from retired miners currently working at the National Coal…
Soundscape – Caphouse Guides: The National Coal Mining Museum for England
To hear this soundscape click on the ‘play’ arrow above This is a soundscape compiled from a number of interviews…
Soundscape – Travel and Transfer
To hear this soundscape click on the ‘play’ arrow above This is a soundscape compiled from a number of interviews…
Soundscape – Moving to the Selby pit
To hear this soundscape click on the word ‘play’ arrow above This is a compilation of memories of miners, now…
Soundscape – Mining over the generations
To hear this soundscape click on the ‘play’ button above. A compilation from interviews of miners now working as guides…