City Men As Stokers (1926)

Mill Hill, London. General Strike 1926 - Civilian volunteers coal heaving at Mill Hill gas works. Title: “City Men as Stokers. ’Black Coated Brigade’ help to keep up gas supply during strike at Mill Hill Gas Works“. M/S of three men standing on a slag heap, they using shovels to fill a skip full of coal. M/S of more smartly dressed men filling skips, a lone man in a flat cap watches from a bridge in the background. M/S of a group of men tipping out one of the skips. M/S of men tipping up another skip and shovelling the coal onto a vertical conveyor belt. More shots of skips being unloaded. 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)