Trailer - Don’t Go Down The Mine (1946)

Thought to be Selected Originals from late 1940s material. Trailer film to encourage employment in Coal Mining. LS Pan along rail tracks in pit shunting yard. CU crane grabber full of coal. CU of miner working on coal face with pick axe. CU of miner hammering in wooden pit prop to hold up roof of shaft. CU of miner moving coal with shovel. VS of miners moving coal onto conveyor belt. VS of modern looking pit head. MS of fountain at pit. VS of mechanical coal cutting machines at work. MS of miner getting changed in mine changing room. CU of miner taking a shower. CU of miner lighting cigarette outside pit. MS of man in suit smoking pipe - superimposed over - MS of men training to be mine technicians. VS of men using mechanical equipment. CU of hand turning over pages in student book about mining. More shots of mining training. MS of same man now in mining clothes and helmet - superimposed - over pit head scenes. Intertitle reads: “Details available at your local Employment Exchange“