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The enemy within / Bad Bonobo ; Dartmouth Films ; directed by Owen Gower ; produced by Sinead Kirwan, Mark Lacey, Owen Gower.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coal Strike, Great Britain, 1984-1985.
- Coal miners--Great Britain.
- Coal miners.
- Great Britain.
- Coal mines and mining--Great Britain.
- Coal mines and mining.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (112 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2016]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- The Enemy Within provides unique insight into one of the most dramatic events in British history: the 1984-85 Miners' Strike. No experts. No politicians. Thirty years on, this is the raw first-hand experience of those who lived through Britain's longest strike. Follow the highs and lows of that life-changing year. In 1984, a Conservative government under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher declared war on Britain's unions, taking on the strongest in the country, the National Union of Mineworkers. Following a secret plan, the government began announcing the closure of coal mines, threatening not just an industry but whole communities and a way of life. Against all the forces the government could throw at them, 160,000 coal miners took up the fight. The Enemy Within tells the story of a group of miners and supporters who were on the frontline of that strike for an entire year. These were people that Margaret Thatcher labelled 'the enemy within'. Using interviews and a wealth of rare and never before seen archival footage, The Enemy Within draws together personal experiences--whether they're tragic, funny or terrifying--to take the audience on an emotionally powerful journey through the dramatic events of that year.
- Credits:
- Executive producers, Christopher Hird and Mike Simons ; edit producer, Amelia Lavington ; archive producer, Gerard Wilkinson ; director of photography, Malcolm Hadley ; Editor, Paul Edmunds.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Bullfrog Films, ©2014; previously released in 2015.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 8, 2016).
- Publisher Number:
- bf-ewith Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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