Other titles:ABCA MAGAZINE NUMBER SEVEN [Alternative Title]
Summary: Film indicating the condition and importance of coal mines at the time leading up to nationalisation.
Description: The film shows: Harold MacMillan picking up a dictionary, (presumably to explain the meaning and importance of coal); diagrams illustrating the layout of mines; views from outside and underground; coal mining areas; the uses to which coal is put - including gas, trains, steel, ships and electricity; research laboratories; a union meeting in London; newspaper headlines, mainly from 1944; coal being transported to the surface and graded; Bevin Boys, underground and receiving packed meats. The film concludes with some general shots.
Alternative Title:ABCA MAGAZINE NUMBER SEVEN [Alternative Title]
