The Coal Miners Of Britain - 1941 - CharlieDeanArchives / British Council Archival Footage

This film has been made available for non-commercial research and educational purposes courtesy the British Council Film Collection. http://film.britishcouncil.org/britis.... The British Council Film Collection consists of 120 short documentaries made by the British Council during the 1940s designed to show the world how Britain lived, worked and played.
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Full Cycle shows the miners of Britain working day and night to keep the country fuelled in this exploration of the industrial coal-mining process.

'In exchange for the commodities she needs, Britain exports her surplus coal, the finest in the world. Welsh miners are seen at work in the pits. Coal is hoisted to the surface, weighed, washed and sorted and shot into waiting trucks. Outward bound, coal travels down to the ships.'
(Films of Britain - British Council Film Department Catalogue - 1941)

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