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Coalisland
1970
16 November 1970 (first transmission)
04min 50sec
sound
16mm, film
colour
BBC NI
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There were only ever two coal mines in Northern Ireland - Ballycastle and Coalisland. Ballycastle shut down in the late 1960s, David Capper reports on the closing of the Coalisland pit in 1970.
This clip was the first colour filmto be processed in BBC Belfast and transmitted in full colour to viewers in Northern Ireland.
General views of the coal yard. Interviews with coalminers. Note the hardhats with the naked flame safe light. Views of the public buying coal.
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