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Title: MINING VILLAGE

Reference number: 8953

Date: 1943

Production company: The Production Group

Sound: silent

Colour: col

Fiction: Non-Fiction

Running time: 22.48 mins

Description: A "record of everyday life in a typical Ayrshire mining village in 1943". Only surface activities of the mine are shown with a greater emphasis given to the domestic life of families living in the row of cottages near the mine.

Credits: THE PRODUCTION GROUP presents an Ayrshire Educational Film
p. J.B. Johnstone

Shotlist: [Shotlisted from speed corrected .avi file using VLC media player]

black (.01) ocs (.19) MINING VILLAGE (.29) FOREWORD This is the record of everyday life in a typical Ayrshire mining village in 1943. (.43) blank (.48) c/u hands making cheese sandwich and placing in tin with others (1.14) c/u man holding tin, pan as he walks away; men walking along street (1.38) tilt up mine head structures, steam rising amid wires; men walk up stairs to pit head (2.08) gv's coal cart being moved onto rails and rolling downhill with several others (2.52) elevated shot boys and older workers sorting coal; brief shot conveyor dropping coal into truck (3.15) gv's steam loco pulling coal train; brief shot row of cottages (3.54) view of cottages with stack and bing in b/ground (4.20) While the men are at the pit, the women are busy in the row. (4.29) shot cottages; girl fills bucket from fountain with lion spout, and bends to drink; women brush stone gutter at border of unpaved street (5.54) gvs girl picking coals from shed onto her shovel (6.15) Despite the lack of amenities, the women are house-proud. (6.22) gv's women scrubbing doorsteps; woman brushing a rug (7.24) The packman and the shilling-a-week man call, even in wartime. (7.33) gv's man with several packages tied to the handlebars of his bike, stops at a house, then rides on; man walks in and out of a house (8.05) woman hangs washing on line, before buying items from a van shop equipped with a scale; ws van sign "Alex Hamilton"? (9.13) ls woman on a bicycle speaking to women on doorstep (9.44) gv's woman buying from a man with horse and cart (10.00) ints. older woman grating food? (10.23) The morning shift begins to come up. (10.29) gv's men walk down from pit head, depositing equipment through pigeon hole in wall; c/u same (10.56) Some pits have installed baths (11.01) gv's men walk towards concrete building; c/u piece tins sitting on nearby wall (11.34) gv's men walk towards row; ms coal dust smeared boys talk and smile (12.15) End of reel one. (12.21) leader, black (12.27) A meal is ready when the miner reaches home. (12.33) ms woman serves meal; c/u plate, young man eating (13.18) ms young man reading magazine (13.38) gv's young man bathing in hot water poured into a basin; woman rinses his head with a cup of water before removing the basin and scrubbing the floor (14.38) gv's girl and older woman wash dishes in a tub on the table (15.29) exts. woman rinses heavy pots over gutter (15.52) After working underground, most miners like to spend their leisure hours in the open air. (16.01) gv's men pitching horseshoes (16.50) exts. man walking greyhound; men playing penny pitching and card games; brief shot lame man walking with a stick (18.22) Mining is a dangerous occupation (18.28) ls man walking with stick (18.38) Most miners have a knowledge of first-aid. (18.46) gv's men gather, wearing first aid uniforms (19.13) Many First Aid Posts are manned by miners. (19.21) gv's men practice splinting a leg and moving the 'patient' onto a stretcher (20.45) Another favourite hobby. (20.52) gv's man and boy with pigeons; man strokes tame pigeon and picks it up (21.56) Another day ends. (22.03) first aiders walk home; man looks around before walking in; brief shot row (22.48)