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Plot: Semi-documentary, focusing on the training young boys receive before they are sent down the mines on their first job.
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1949 semi-doc goes from stilted first half to rip-roaring finale
This is a historical curiosity – a 1949 “Semi-documentary, focusing on the training young boys receive before they are sent down the mines on their first job”. Apparently using all real life people acting themselves except for the lead, “Tinker”, the only person named in the cast list, apparently aged about 12 years old playing (very well) a boy who had run away from life in a tinker’s caravan. How a 12 year old was accepted without parental permission and with no identification to join 14-17 year olds training on all aspects of mining including using explosives, is unexplained. The first half patchy and stilted with only the cinematography indicating much professionalism (it turns out that the cinematographer was an extremely gifted German émigré). However the pace picks up in the second half reaching a very exciting and memorable climax, coincidentally filmed at the same coastal spot seen in “Get Carter”. The writer/director Herbert Marshall (not the actor) had an unusual background, receiving film training in the Soviet Union and for a time being a National Theatre Director. The film’s purpose is unclear – was it for recruitment? However what happened to young Tinker was a worst nightmare come true, perhaps intended to separate off youngsters of a nervous disposition as unsuitable recruits. What this nightmare was is edge of the seat stuff!

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Viewed with stunned disbelief
Now I was aware of the Bevan Boys who were sent down the pit during the Second World War in order to increase the capacity of the coal mines.However I was totally unaware,as documented in this film ,that boys as young as 12 were actually recruited after the war to work in the mines.There they are being taught how to prepare an explosive charge,and then at the end of the film we see them going down to the coal face.In between there is a lot of footage of the Durham Miners Gala,which is obviously quite historic.It is though difficult to understand what the point of the film was,particularly since there seems to be so little information available as to its production,The National Coal Board had its own production unit and produced some very professional documentaries and promotional films.So unlikely to be anything to do with them.So basically a historical curiosity.

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Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 10 min (70 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated N/A
Genre Documentary
Director Herbert Marshall
Writer Herbert Marshall, Alfredda Brilliant
Actors Derek Smith
Country United Kingdom
Awards N/A
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Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
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Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm