FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

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The Coalminer

A brief history of coalmining in Australia and a look at modern machinery and methods used in the 1950s.

Year : 1955 | Total Duration : 11 Minutes | Producer : Eric Thompson
Director : Peter Dimond |

Top section of mining rig with chimney in BG belching black smoke, POV from inside mine elevator as three miners with torches on helmets walk towards camera, lift descends into mine. Miners working underground in tunnels crouching low and digging coal seam wall, shovelling coal into small carriage on rails and horse or pit pony pulling carriage along. Good demonstration of how underground mining is performed. Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 59852 | 1 min 48 secs | 1950s | Newcastle, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |

CU small carriage of mined coal past camera. Out to WS showing links of carriages rolling down hill towards mining building. Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 59861 | 17 secs | 1950s | Newcastle, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |

Men sitting in doctors surgery waiting room reading magazines and papers, medical examination, check up, man having chest x-ray, doctor checking man's chest with stethoscope, taking blood pressure Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 59862 | 34 secs | 1950s | Newcastle, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |

Young man sitting in mining carriage placing miner's hat with light onto his head. Carriage moves into mine tunnel shaft. POV men in carriage through tunnels. Good shots of underground mines, foreman leading men into the coal face, miner puts on face mask, machinery drilling cuts into coal seam, driller drills hole into wall and explosive placed inside, coal wall falls Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 59867 | 2 mins 9 secs | 1950s | Newcastle, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |

Miners walking down tunnel and into underground room which is their lunch or crib room. Urns of tea, men taking lunch from tin container or canteen, men playing dominoes and darts, deputy indicates back to work to the men Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 59890 | 59 secs | 1950s | Newcastle, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |

Section of mechanical loader in mechanised coal mine, and Ôcontinuous miner' machinery cutting into coal and loading it straight into shuttle car, then onto conveyor belt and out of the mine. POV of carriage as it comes out of mine into daylight. Men showering and changing at end of shift. Men change room with rows of metal lockers, men leaving work in cars. Good shot of old cars parked outside two storey brick building Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 59900 | 2 mins 8 secs | 1950s | Newcastle, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |

Double decker , sign on side ÒHills Bus ServiceÓ, destination board at front of bus Austinmer, small sailing boats on Lake Macquarie, couples sailing, man in shorts and woman in swimming costume, CU on bowl rolling along towards jack on lawn bowling green, VS men playing lawn bowls and bowling club Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 59919 | 45 secs | 1950s | Lake Macquarie, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |

Good shot of row of small wooden terrace style houses or miner's cottages, good shot for low class poor housing. Dissolve to contrast with modern housing in suburbs with children playing in front gardens and riding bicycles. Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 59927 | 12 secs | 1950s | Newcastle, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |

Coal. on conveyor belt, WS of coal processing plant, large bucket of coal being hoisted into air and emptied into ship hold when man opens hatch with hammer. Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 59929 | 29 secs | 1950s | Newcastle, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |

Pan along high tension electrical wires, steel foundry, steel production, molten steel, tilt up chimney stacks, miners in overalls and hats with lights or torches. Quicktime clip available.

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Access No. 59934 | 49 secs | 1950s | Newcastle, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |

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