The fourth of seven camera rolls produced by Trade Films recorded only a couple of days after the miners returned to work following the end the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike on the 7th March 1985. In this tape various mute cut-aways of Easington Colliery in County Durham and construction work taking place near Sunderland on the new Nissan car manufacturing plant. At the end of the tape the beginning of an interview with Eddie Malcolm, a member of the Durham Area Executive on the National Union of...

The fourth of seven camera rolls produced by Trade Films recorded only a couple of days after the miners returned to work following the end the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike on the 7th March 1985. In this tape various mute cut-aways of Easington Colliery in County Durham and construction work taking place near Sunderland on the new Nissan car manufacturing plant. At the end of the tape the beginning of an interview with Eddie Malcolm, a member of the Durham Area Executive on the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) from Westoe Lodge. The tape begins with general views of Easington Colliery featuring the pit wheel turning and its large stockpiles of coal. The film changing to construction work taking place on the new Nissan car manufacturing plant near Sunderland with heavy machinery driving around the site and cars travelling past along the A19 dual carriageway. An interview with Eddie Malcolm, a member of the Durham Area Executive on the NUM from Westoe Lodge who begins by explaining his position within the union, the current state of moral at Westoe following the return to work and the immediate task facing the union. The questions and answers are repeated before moving onto to be asked his opinion on what the National Coal Board will do with regards pit closures and what the response from the NUM will be. He is asked about the possible privatisation of Westoe Colliery.