Mr Shinwell On Coal (1944-1945)

Title reads: “Mr Shinwell on Coal“. Ministry of Information Government official. Location unspecified. Mr Shinwell talking at desk. Mine in operation, coal miners with black on their faces wearing flat caps. Miners with Davy lamps outside mine. Written message appears ’Coal is the key to our Future’. NB: item was originally part of Gazette issue 45/90. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.