The National Coal Board (NCB) Film Unit is one of Britain's most substantial and long-lasting industrial film units. The following is an informative film about how the manager's support rules come about and of how they must be implemented. It was made with the help of management, officials and men of Maltby Colliery, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire. The film opens with an animated sequence. Title - Study The Rules Showing footage inside a coal pit, a narrator points out the safety...

The National Coal Board (NCB) Film Unit is one of Britain's most substantial and long-lasting industrial film units. The following is an informative film about how the manager's support rules come about and of how they must be implemented. It was made with the help of management, officials and men of Maltby Colliery, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire. The film opens with an animated sequence. Title - Study The Rules Showing footage inside a coal pit, a narrator points out the safety rules which must be followed, starting with tunnel support. An underground roadway which is starting to collapse because of lack of support is shown as an example of what it shouldn't look like. Inside a manager's office, the narrator explains that it is up to him to decide the rules for safety. He discusses this with a board of men. A miner in the pit then illustrates the correct way to set up prop support, with the correct height and level they should be at. A dramatisation then follows of miners setting up the props wrong, and the consequence of the roof collapsing in on miners while they work. A safety officer then goes back to the scene and identifies all the faults that caused the accident. Back to the manager and his group of men, it shows them sitting around a table discussing the rules whether they should be changed or not. As miners finish their shift, they are filmed being given a safety manual. The narrator explains that it is vital that all miners read and understand the manual. Title - Written and Directed by Joan Duff Photographed by Fred Gamage Camera Operator Steve Bennett Edited by Laurel Gemmell Assistants Ken Brinsley, Michael MacCormack Title - Made with the help of management, officials, and men of the Maltby Colliery, by the National Coal Board Film Unit 1975 Title - The End