Coal Crisis (1920)

London. Intertitle: “The COAL CRISIS. London Kiddies - taking no chances - gather every scrap of fuel - while Miners’ wives protest and Leaders deliberate“. C/U of a group of scruffy kids, one boy in roller-skates is collecting scraps of coal in an old sack, a policeman enters and confiscates the sack. M/S of children smashing up lumps of coal to put in bags - some have hammers, others smash it on the ground, in the background a crowd of passers-by watch. M/S of two women holding a large banner - “MINERS WIVES AGAINST A STRIKE“, two policemen can be seen in the foreground. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News B