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| Directors | Grahame Tharpe, Tony Thompson |
| Production Company | Data Film Productions |
| Sponsor | National Coal Board |
| Cameras | Cyril Arapoff, M. Gayton, J. Gunn, Ron Bicker, B. Somner, L. Griffiths |
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Special edition of the monthly film magazine series which ran from 1947 to 1983. Show full synopsis
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Mining Review's 1956 Science Special consisted of four previously released items dealing with scientific matters. They were: 'Communication Cord' (4th Year No.9, May 1951), about Thoresby Colliery inventor Gerald Russon's device for improving conveyor belt communication;
'Coal Gas' (3rd Year No.11, July 1950), about an experimental underground method of generating usable gas from coal without having to dig it out first;
'The Magnet' (4th Year No.7, March 1951), about a new magnetic safety catch for miners' lamps;
'Mass Consultation' (4th Year No.6, February 1951), about a mass X-ray unit at Mardy, South Wales. Michael Brooke
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Complete newsreel (9:37)
