Peter Pickering

Part of BFI's "National Coal Board Collection".

The 23rd issue of the long running industry cinemagazine. Features the articles: 'Safety First', 'Paying For It' and ' A Star Drops In'.

The majestic rebirth of Manchester's Bradford Colliery and other stories.

The 22nd issue of the long running industry cinemagazine, unusually featuring a single article: 'Replanning a Coalfield'.

Directed by Peter Pickering.

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

The initial stages of the construction of an oil refinery on the Isle of Grain, Kent, and its impact on the local farming community.

As well as a story on emergency measures to keep the nation's fuel supplies moving during freezing weather, it includes a feature on Dunfermline miner Tom Syme, an Olympic ice-hockey hopeful in training at his local skating rink before heading for St Moritz.

The 15th issue of the long running industry cinemagazine. Features the articles: 'Central Workshops', 'A Pit Is Reborn (3): Machrihanish', 'Miners' Health Centre', 'Shipyard for Colliers' and 'Cue for Ladies'.

The 24th issue of the long running industry cinemagazine, featuring the articles: 'Holiday Camp', 'Beside the Sea', 'Up River' and 'Pitmen's Derby'.

With footage shot deep within the mine, this is an account of life of an English mining town and what it is like to work below ground as told by the miners', and their wives' within their homes.

The 148th issue of the long running industry cinemagazine, featuring the articles: 'The Art of Mining', 'Speaking Through Coal', 'Mounted Minors' and 'Record Pit'.

Part of BFI's "National Coal Board Collection".

Part of BFI's "National Coal Board Collection".