The fourth and final camera rolls produced by Trade Films of miners from Wearmouth Colliery near Sunderland marching back to work at the end of the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike on the 5th March 1985. In this tape interviews with some of the men about their confusion of the morning's events as well as views of the police presence at the colliery and the abusing of miners who returned to work before the end of the strike. Outside the entrance of a building into the colliery the miners stand...

The fourth and final camera rolls produced by Trade Films of miners from Wearmouth Colliery near Sunderland marching back to work at the end of the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike on the 5th March 1985. In this tape interviews with some of the men about their confusion of the morning's events as well as views of the police presence at the colliery and the abusing of miners who returned to work before the end of the strike. Outside the entrance of a building into the colliery the miners stand waiting on something to happen. Dave Hopper from the Wearmouth Lodge of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) wonders through the crowd, there appears to be confusion about what is going on with one man talking about there being an issue with processing of all these men back to work. Inside the building other miners in their overalls and hardhats walk past along a corridor, they look down on those standing outside. In the car park behind the miners and their supports a large police presence with officers watching over the crowd. Eventually the men begin to leave the colliery, one of them is interviewed by Sue Kennedy about being paid for the day and seeing again some former management colleagues. Near the building entrance where the Wearmouth Lodge banner is standing a union official helps to direct the crowd away, nearby three miners are asked what is going on, they believe management is trying to split everyone up only wanting to send in forty at a time to confront the ‘Scab’ workers inside. More miners are interviewed by Sue Kennedy about the morning’s march and trying to go back to work, one man says the police were being rough trying to stop them going into the colliery as well as take their banner away. He is also critical of National Coal Board (NCB) management for keeping them hanging about and a requirement that they sign a piece of paper which he doesn’t understand. Another man, Alan, provides more details about the situation and the problems he’s been told NCB management claim to have processing all the men. He provides details of what’s going to happen and believes it is a disgrace that the police have been allowed to run the colliery and, he says, abused some of the women. Dave Hopper comes over and speaks with Alan about the large police presence who are still watching on. Two men seem to be speaking with someone through a window, Sue Kennedy attempt to see what’s going on and speak with one of the men inside. A man comes to window and speaks with Sue about what happened to him, he hasn’t been asked to sign a piece of paper like the previous man had claimed. Behind him a line of men waiting to sign on, one waves at the camera when he sees it. Interview with Dave Hopper about today’s proceedings which he says its ‘an absolute disgrace’. He goes onto talks about his men, the deplorable antics of the police and the attitude of the NCB management whom he believes wanted to get the men through the doors on their knees. He believes because of the way his men have been treated today he doesn’t believe relations between the men and management can improve. The tape ends on some of the miners still standing around outside the entrance to the mine.