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Mining songs

Material type: FilmFilmPublication details: National Coal Board, 1964?.Description: 1 Film (23'00") b&w, soundSubject(s): Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Available on video tape and DVD.
In: [Fred Jordan. Mining songs. Celia Costello] In: [Mining songs, display dance, visiting customs and seasonal celebrations] In: [Mining review no. 9. Mining songs] In: [Mining songs, folk dance, lifeboats, Pine Mountain, Long Pond Pinewoods Camp]Summary: From the Mining Review Series, features Ewan MacColl and Isla Cameron, songs with actuality footage linked to the song text. Songs include Sandgate Girl's Lament, Sixteen Tons, Blantyre Explosion, The Best Little Door-Boy, Cannily.

Film.

Component.

Filmed in 1957 and released as a compilation in 1964 called Songs of the Coalfields.

With other items on video and DVD compilations.

From the Mining Review Series, features Ewan MacColl and Isla Cameron, songs with actuality footage linked to the song text. Songs include Sandgate Girl's Lament, Sixteen Tons, Blantyre Explosion, The Best Little Door-Boy, Cannily.

Available on video tape and DVD.

Film transferred to BFI March.

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