Public's Struggle For Coal.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

British Film Institute, owner.

Topical Film Co., production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children.

Coal.

Strikes and lockouts.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 minute, 12 seconds)) : silent, black and white.

Place of Publication:

[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1921.

Summary:

HAS of large crowd of people outside a building (presumably giving out permits) (17). Ground view of the entrance with a policeman on duty. A woman carrying a toddler emerges (22). MCU of the woman showing off her permit (the words cannot be read) (28). At the coal dept people emerge with sacks of coal - some push pushchairs, prams and a hand cart loaded with the coal. One woman pushed a pram with a baby and a sack of coal. Three women emerge with a fully laden hand cart (48). The three women resting and are helped by a man (52). A toddler with a toy wheelbarrow (54ft).

Credits:

Cameramen: Wilson, Frederick Ling

Notes:

Issue number: 504-1 ; Story number within issue: 4 of 5

Note: Coal was scare due to the coal strike.

Series: Topical Budget.

With intertitles.