Coal Board Turns Teacher 1948

Star Item

Description

Full title reads: "COAL BOARD TURNS TEACHER".

Cambridgeshire.

Top shot of a training camp for workers from Europe who will work as miners. Two busses bringing new arrivals. Close up shot of a notice board 'Bottisham Hostel'. Close up shot of one of the newly arrivals (Bill from Yugoslavia)...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
46264
Sort Number:
48/008
Time in/Out:
01:24:20:00 / 01:26:34:00
Canister:
48/8
Film ID:
1420.17
Issue Date:
26/01/1948

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt
The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
Philip

Related Videos

Hide
News In A Nutshell

News In A Nutshell

News in Nutshell visits the San Francisco Bay Bridge under construction, Nurnburg where a train recreates its journey of 100 years ago and Avonmouth to see a board cylinder in transit.

Coal Crisis Grips Industry

Coal Crisis Grips Industry

Coal shortages following nationalisation create problems for other industries.

Piped Coal To Boost Output

Piped Coal To Boost Output

Turning coal into gas in the pits makes poor mines workable - still under tests.

36 Mines Must Close

36 Mines Must Close

Pathe look into the closure of coal mines and the switch to the use of gas for heating.

Bottisham Village Coal Board

Bottisham Village Coal Board

Item showing village of Bottisham where mine training camp is situated. Cambridge.

( Australia's Oldest Railway Closing )

( Australia's Oldest Railway Closing )

Closure of remote railway line in Australia.

Time To Remember - The Time When Little Happened ( 1921 ) - Reel 1

Time To Remember - The Time When Little Happened ( 1921 ) - Reel 1

Events of 1921 - Irish treaty, mad stunts and newspapers at work.

 

 

On June 4 1913, suffragette Emily Wilding Davison made her way in to the history books when she fell under the hooves of George V’s horse at the Epsom Derby. But was it intentional?
Emily
From well-constructed and contrived quips to completely natural and seemingly spontaneous comments, there's something fascinating about people's last words.
 Last_Words
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Vertigo
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911