Mining: Whitehaven coal mine re-opened with aid from Nuffield Fund (1937)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Grant from Lord Nuffield’s Fund aids re-opening of long-closed coal mine in Whitehaven - miners return to work Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Nuffield Fund Re-Opens Mine Long Left Idle ENGLAND: Cumbria: Whitehaven: EXT Deserted mine/ idle coal trucks/ disused lamps and deserted yard/ miners walk past camera/ steam coming out of pipe/ shaft wheel working/ loading trucks/ miners finishing work/ miners handing in lamps/ miners speaking to camera - good to be back at work SOT/ railway trucks loaded with coal awaiting departure Social Conditions and Problems; Economics; Charity; Social Provisions Background: Grant from Lord Nuffield’s Fund aids re-opening of long-closed coal mine in Whitehaven - miners return to work FILM ID: VLVAJQDSCXNUPAF45HEST9GSAG4F To license this film, visit
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