The Miners' Campaign on dvd

In 1984 a group of independent film-makers at the Miners' picket lines and marches recorded the testimonies of strikers, their wives and supporters, to make a stand against the anti-strike propaganda that dominated the media:

THE MINERS' CAMPAIGN TAPES tackles issues which continue to occupy us today: the right to demonstrate, police tactics, political double-speak, the role of the media. BFI 92 minute dvd with illustrated booklet.

Also from the British Film Institute is the celebration of National Coal Board Film Unit documentaries made 1947-84, produced to inform, entertain and galvanise working people: PORTRAIT OF A MINER has 34 films on 2-dvds, with a running time of over five hours.

Both at £19.95 saves £18.00 over mrrps.

THE MINERS' CAMPAIGN TAPES tackles issues which continue to occupy us today: the right to demonstrate, police tactics, political double-speak, the role of the media.

BFI 92 minute dvd with illustrated booklet (mrrp £12.99).

Also from the British Film Institute is the celebration of National Coal Board Film Unit documentaries made 1947-84, produced to inform, entertain and galvanise working people:

PORTRAIT OF A MINER has 34 films on 2-dvds, with a running time of over five hours (mrrp £24.99).