One Man Coal Mine (1947)

Unissued / unused footage - dates and locations may be unknown / unclear. Location of events unknown. A man walks out of his house in his vest and trousers. His wife and two children wave goodbye to him from the doorway. The man makes his way to a small 'one-man' coal mine shaft and we see him climbing down inside and working there alone with a pickaxe and wagon. The man's wife takes a bucket to the mine (it is just at the end of their garden) and fills it with coal. FILM 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 f