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Title: MODERN MECHANICAL MINING IN A SOUTH AFRICAN COAL MINE

Reference number: 0082

Date: 1955c

Production company: Mavor and Coulson Limited

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 19 mins

Description: A promotional film demonstrating Mavor and Coulson's mining machinery in a South African coal mine.

Shotlist: PART I: Arc Shearer
Credits (.16); shots of the Mavor and Coulson Arc Shearer preceded by captions indicating the various types of cutting operations which can be performed. Cutter is shown being driven into position prior to cutting. The ease with which the cutting jib can be moved into position is illustrated (3.36) Cutter is positioned for horizontal arc cut, the jib is adjusted, the cutting chain is started and the jib cuts into the seam. Cutter completes horizontal arc cut. Machine is cut off and prepared to make a shearing cut. Jib cuts straight into the seam. Cutter moves away (7.14)

PART II: Mavor and Coulson Joy Loader
No credits. Joy Loader undergoing trial at works. Controls and operation shown. Machine in action. Shots of the Joy Loader manoevring underground. Coal is drawn up by the mechanical arms and passes along the conveyor into hoppers at a rate of 2.5 tons per minute (11.06)