King Coal! 1940

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Titles read: "KING COAL!"

Trieste, Italy.

Various shots of a new Italian coal mine. General view panning over the pit head workings and the piles of coal waiting for shipment beside the small harbour attached to the mine. Various good shots of miners going down to coal face to begin...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41513
Sort Number:
PT 522
Time in/Out:
01:20:52:00 / 01:22:39:00
Canister:
PT 522
Film ID:
1200.11
Issue Date:
01/04/1940

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