At The Coal Face

Film Description

With miners and management as actors, The Cumberland Story, directed by Humphrey Jennings, is a true account of the modernisation of the mines in the 1940s. It includes a dramatic reconstruction of the Ladypit disaster of 1837, when callous mine-owners neglected safety and 36 men died as workings beneath the Irish Sea were flooded. Rhondda and Wye explores the famous Welsh valleys and contrasts the development of the Rhondda's collieries with the pastoral scenes of the farmlands and plains of the Wye Valley.

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Film Details

Director	Humphrey Jennings
Year	1948
Country	UK

Technical Details

Certificate	E
Length	60 mins
Label	PANA
Format	DVD B&W
Region	2
Aspect	1.33:1
Cat No	PDC2020
Main Language	ENGLISH

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