Speech On Nationalisation Of Coal (1946)

Unused / unissued footage - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Cuts from newsreel 46/50 - New Coal Plan. Emanuel Shinwell sits at a desk and explains his case for Nationalisation of Coal Industry. Talks of mines being returned to full, active life. Several sections are mute. British coal miner is interviewed (mute, unfortunately). Shots of colliery pit head, showing lift ascending to ground surface, gates opening and miners walking out. Library footage of miners at work below ground, pushing trolleys of coal. Coal is sorted by men at conveyor belts and sent down to a chute to an underground store. 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. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Ga