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Miners' Campaign Tapes / Portrait of a Miner on DVD:

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Classic documentary films from the BFI

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, price just £6.99 (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. Price just £15.99 (mrrp £24.99).

Get both for £19.99 saving £18.00 over mrrps. Prices include UK p&p.

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Customer Reviews

by Michael Stuart on 04 May 2011 at 07:14

Very interesting but also sad to watch at the sametime. The 'best' moments were the women's support groups women talking & public speaking and the Doncaster N.U.M. rep's views of the strike and the class war-classic stuff.

by S WALSGROVE on 26 Jul 2010 at 13:19

Oh dear - this DVD brought it all back - the collecting food outside Sainsburys on a Saturday, the marches, the awful, impotent anger and frustration felt when watching whole communities destroyed without remorse... and the sinking feeling of knowing that this is our future.

by Ms Claire Baguet on 19 Jul 2010 at 14:15

Highly recommend this DVD collection - great value offer.

by Peter Young on 10 Jul 2010 at 11:54

Excellent DVD - great unseen footage and interviews of a historic yet sad episode in trade union movement. Detailed boklet to support the various features. A must for any social historian and socialist. Our history helps form our future and we can only learn lessons from films like these, that capitalism damages and destroys the people it serves, and a united community is strenght.

by Steven Graham on 29 Jun 2010 at 16:50

The archive footage of strikes is excellent