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The greatest menace we have ever known.

British Newsreels, 1911-1930: Culture and Society on Film Available online

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
British Film Institute, owner.
Topical Film Co., production company.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Coal mines and mining.
Horses.
Miners.
Soccer matches.
Soccer.
Strikes and lockouts.
Working animals.
Cardiff City (Soccer team).
Nottingham Forest Football Club.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (1 minute, 24 seconds)) : silent, black and white.
Place of Publication:
[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1921.
Summary:
THE GREATEST MENACE WE HAVE EVER KNOWN "Opening scenes in the historic Coal War of 1921. While the mines were flooding miners watch Cardiff play Notts Forest"..."Even the colliers have to search the slag heaps for fuel"..."3,000 gallons a minute pouring in at Llwynpia, but 25 men have been permitted to pump"..."Types of the Pit ponies which were left to drown in some of the Mines". Scenes covering the coal strike [order of the intertitles may be incorrect].
Credits:
Cameramen: Wilson, Frederick Ling
Notes:
Issue number: 502-1 ; Story number within issue: 4 of 4
Series: Topical Budget.
With intertitles.

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