This film, produced for the Ministry of Fuel and Power, demonstrates extensively how the Duckbill system works in a coal mine. Title - Mines Mechanisation The Duckbill Loader Produced for the Ministry of Fuel & Power by British Movietone News Animated by W.M. Larkins & Co. Illustrating the Duckbill working at the Comrie Colliery and Risehow Colliery in Cumberland, there is extensive footage of how the system works in coal mines. This includes the shuffling conveyor belts and shovels....

This film, produced for the Ministry of Fuel and Power, demonstrates extensively how the Duckbill system works in a coal mine. Title - Mines Mechanisation The Duckbill Loader Produced for the Ministry of Fuel & Power by British Movietone News Animated by W.M. Larkins & Co. Illustrating the Duckbill working at the Comrie Colliery and Risehow Colliery in Cumberland, there is extensive footage of how the system works in coal mines. This includes the shuffling conveyor belts and shovels. The narrator explains that although it is an expensive method, it increases the amount of coal produced each day by a single mine. Title - The End