Duke At Slate Quarries (1956)

Dinorwic Slate Quarry, North Wales. Duke of Edinburgh visits Dinorwic Slate Quarries. He drives a locomotive of a little train, with officials behind. Various images of smoking chimney, people working and Duke browsing. Train takes Duke and officials in the mountain to the quarry itself. Quarry workers wave to Prince Philip. A few shots of a mountain with workers hanging off the cliffs. Duke talks to the workers. Note: There is no paperwork for this item in file. It seems that his item was dropped at the last moment and never released. FILM ID:591.2 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