Open Cast Mining (1947)

Unissued / Unused material. Open cast mining. Temple Newsam near Leeds, Yorkshire. Various shots of cranes at work scooping out the coal and scraping off the top earth. General shots of the district where the coal is being mined. M/S’s coal being dumped into a lorry by a crane. Cataloguer’s note: cuts for story ’Open Cast Coal Mining near Leeds’ in 47/80 on *PM1191*. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.