Coal Face
| Coal Face | |
|---|---|
W.H. Auden | |
| Produced by | John Grierson |
| Cinematography | Stuart Legg |
| Edited by | William Coldstream |
| Music by | Benjamin Britten |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 11 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Coal Face is a 1935 British documentary film short directed by
W.H. Auden,[2] the film gives a glimpse into the lives of a Yorkshire mining community and the dangerous working conditions the miners routinely faced. The film largely reuses older footage from Tour of a British Coal Mine (1928), which was shot in Barnsley, Yorkshire.[3]
References
- ISBN 0-520-01679-3.
- ISBN 1-57003-352-8.
- ISBN 978-1-57958-445-0.
External links
- Coal Face at IMDb
- Coal Face at the BFI's Screenonline
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