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Title: MINING REVIEW 10 No. 10 FIFTEENTH YEAR

Reference number: 5695

Date: 1962

Production company: p.c Data Production

Sound: sound

Original format: 35mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 9.23 mins

Description: Show Train: Lord Robens, Chairman of British N.C.B, and Dr Beeching, Chairman of British Transport Commission, officially open the 'Cosy Home Show Train' at Victoria Station, London. The train will tour the country to demonstrate the latest trends in solid fuel heating techniques; The Fighting Harveys: At Thornley colliery, Co Durham, are the 'fighting Harveys' - five brothers who are dedicated to boxing. Three of them got through to the Northern Semi-finals of the Mineworkers' championships at Nivensknowe Welfare Centre in Scotland, but this wasn't to be a good day for the Harveys; Mining Portrait - The Safety Officer: Ken Stephenson, the Safety Officer at Ryhope, near Sunderland, relates the responsibilities attached to his job [synopsis from booklet Films on Coal Withdrawn from General Circulation].

Credits: sd. RCA

Shotlist: MINING REVIEW 10 FIFTEENTH YEAR (.16) In this issue Stories from London Berkshire Durham and Scotland (.24) Show Train (.29) gvs of people going into Cosy Home Show Train and looking around it (2.34) The Fighting Harveys (2.39) gvs of Harveys brothers doing fitness training - skipping, punching punch bag, pads and weight training, gvs of boxing matches and trophies (5.49) MINING PORTRAIT The Safety Officer (5.54) gvs of Ken Stephenson in office, checking supports in mines and the mens working procedures, Ken at medical centre (9.11) THE END MINING REVIEW 1962 (9.23)