Coal not Dole - The Miners Videotape Project

During the Miners strike of 1984-85 faced with unrelenting hostility from the government and much of the media the National Union of Mineworkers and members of the Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians (ACTT) and some other sympathisers started the Miners Videotape Project, to document the strike and raise awareness of events on the picket lines and in the mining communities.

Playlist

Part 1: Not Just Tea & Sandwiches

Link https://youtu.be/pVFQ5qPzt5U

Part 2: The Butchery of the Coal Board

Link https://youtu.be/JvS8gUq5ImI

Part 3: Solidarity

Link https://youtu.be/KWRLnQK93gU

Part 4: "Straight Talking"

Link https://youtu.be/HGh-8tXdNHU

Part 5: The Media and the Miners Strike

Link https://youtu.be/AKbWmrBD31U

Part 6: Just doing their Job? 

Link https://youtu.be/RcVczwVIvRA


Archive links

Part 1 https://archive.org/details/coalnotdolepart11984accttechnicianswatchonline
Part 2 https://archive.org/details/coalnotdolepart21984accttechnicianswatchonline
Part 3 https://archive.org/details/coalnotdolepart31984accttechnicianswatchonline
Part 4 https://archive.org/details/coalnotdolepart41984accttechnicianswatchonline
Part 5 https://archive.org/details/coalnotdolepart51984accttechnicianswatchonline
Part 6 https://archive.org/details/coalnotdolepart61984accttechnicianswatchonline