DUKE SEES COAL FACE Duke of Edinburgh examines pit which Coal Board has reorganised on modern lines.

Record ID: 636624

  • Title: DUKE SEES COAL FACE Duke of Edinburgh examines pit which Coal Board has reorganised on modern lines.
  • Date: 3rd April 1952
  • Summary: Lancashire, (Mosley Common), (Astley Green), England: GV Mosley Common Mine. SV Duke of Edinburgh walk-along in mine. BV Duke walking towards No. 3, shaft sinking, woman in crowd touches his arm. CU Sign 'NO SMOKING MATERIALS TO BE TAKEN PAST THIS POINT' SV Duke climbing into hoppit. CU Duke in hoppit. CU Operator. SV Hoppit descending. TV Man working down shaft. SV Putting coal into hoppit. CU Ditto. GV Pan Down Pit. CU Duke wipes the back of his hand across his face. SV Duke going into pit cage. CU Ditto. Angle V Pit wheels turning. CU Pit cage descending. SV Train toward sin tunnel. Travel Shot On train. CU Pan to BV Train. Angle V Pit wheels. SV Duke getting out of pit cage at surface. CU Miners waving. SCU Duke signing visitor's book. Astley Green, England: CU Ditto. GV Astley Green. SV Women waving Pan to Duke walking. CU Davey Lamp. SV Duke presented with small Davey lamp by Colonel Bolton, Chairman of N.B.C. North Western Division. CU Lamp Pan to Duke admiring it & walking away. GOOD SCENES. Shot Looking up at pithead from shaft & descending. Royalty; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten) (b. 1921), Industries, Trades and Crafts; Mining; Great Britain Initials HAWKINS, READ, DATA FILMS N.B. The material received from DATA FILMS must not be re-used without their permission. Lancashire Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 18th April 1952 12:00
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  • Location: Lancashire, (Mosley Common), (Astley Green), England
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA7XADB6P5FL7NGJJ1E0IUHFWON
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