The North East Film Archive, based at Teesside University, save and celebrate the screen heritage of the North East of England. At the heart of their collection are films made by, and for, local people, reflecting and representing the communities, places and distinctive identity of the region. Together with their sister archive in Yorkshire they form the Yorkshire and North East Film Archive, a unique pan-regional resource with over 75,000 moving image artefacts, part of York St John University. They unlock the collections for artists, academics, curators, programmers, researchers, and producers to reveal compelling stories from the vaults. www.yfanefa.com
North East Electricity Board Demo 1
Tyneside miners' wives discuss their protest against the local electricity board's decision to disconnect striking families due to unpaid bills.
Interviews with the wives of striking miners participating in the demonstration against the cutting off of power supplies to their homes by the North-Eastern Electricity Board. Conducted during the preparations for the march and during the coach journey to the demo in Newcastle, the women discuss their role in the struggle, their views on the 1984 pit strike, the work of support groups during the strike, and their own personal reasons for taking part in the demonstration.
The 1984-85 Miners' Strike seen from the point-of-view of both men and women fighting together to protect a way of life.
These unseen films, produced and collected by Gateshead-based independent production company Trade Films, look at the fight of the miners during and shortly after the 1984-85 Miners' Strike. While many focus on the traditional male-orientated side of the dispute, several take a different approach by focusing their attention on the wives, mothers and daughters of miners, who fought just as hard as the men to protect jobs and a way of life.
Trade Films was founded in 1982, and specialised in political documentaries and TV productions with an emphasis on industry in the North East and the trade union movement.
28 videos in this collection
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Ann Lilburn
Whittle Colliery
1984
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Arthur Scargill
Sheffield
1984
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I Have Never Done Anything Like This Before (Tape 1)
Boldon Colliery
1984
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I Have Never Done Anything Like This Before (Tape 2)
Westminster
1984
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Joan Barnes and Friends [Easington Free Café - Durham]
Easington
1984
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Westoe N.U.M. March Back
Westoe
1984
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NEEB Demo
Sunderland
1984
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NEEB Demo
Sunderland
1984
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NEEB Demo
Gateshead
1984
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NEEB Demo
Gateshead
1984
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NEEB Demo
Gateshead
1984
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Durham Rally 1984
Durham
1984
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Durham Rally 1984
Durham
1984
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Durham Rally 1984
Durham
1984
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Durham Rally 1984
Durham
1984
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Durham Rally 1984
Durham
1984
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Durham Rally 1984
Wheatley Hill
1984
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Durham Rally 1984
Durham
1984
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The Last Days of Bearpark Colliery
Bearpark
1984
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Labouring under the Law
Westminster
1983
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Works Convenor: Jim Murray in Conversation with Hilary Wainwright
