Miners Rally, Bakers Strike (1965)

Item title reads - Miners rally, Bakers strike. Miners protest about pit closures, and people queue for bread during bakers strike. Cardiff, Wales. L/S coal mine in Pontypridd, M/S row of terraced houses, shots of pit. M/S miners marching through Cardiff with placards to protest against pit closures. L/S people gathered outside hall. Various interior shots of Will Paynter, General Secretary of Miners Union, making speech. M/S Leo Abse, M.P. for Pontypool speaking. M/S women gathered round bread van. M/S as woman carries bread into shop, pan to bread in window. C/U sign “Orders taken for fresh bread for Saturday and Sunday“. M/S bread being piled on counter. C/U sign “Bread will be 1/7d each. We must charge this to cover cost of petrol etc. to obtain bread“. M/S woman buying loaf. M/S small boy with loaf walking towards camera. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.
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