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Summary The seventh and final camera rolls produced by Trade Films containing the final part of an interview with Eddie Malcolm, a member of the Durham Area Executive on the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) from Westoe Lodge recorded only a couple of days after the miners returned to work at the end the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike on the 7th March 1985.
Description
The seventh and final camera rolls produced by Trade Films containing the final part of an interview with Eddie Malcolm, a member of the Durham Area Executive on the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) from Westoe Lodge recorded only a couple of days after the miners returned to work at the end the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike on the 7th March 1985.
The interview with Eddie Malcolm continues with him talking about the 'Zulus', a group of pickets from Westoe. He comments on the relations...
The seventh and final camera rolls produced by Trade Films containing the final part of an interview with Eddie Malcolm, a member of the Durham Area Executive on the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) from Westoe Lodge recorded only a couple of days after the miners returned to work at the end the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike on the 7th March 1985.
The interview with Eddie Malcolm continues with him talking about the 'Zulus', a group of pickets from Westoe. He comments on the relations with the police as well as the media bias during the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike. He concludes his interview by talking about the changing pattern of industrial relations in Britain. The tape ends with a rostrum shot of poster showing police escorting Welsh miners to the colliery during the 1926 General Strike; the tagline of the poster ‘A Strike-breaker is a traitor’.