The report contains several sections of black where graphics would have been inserted. Views of Arkwright Town in Derbyshire including tracking shots past terraced houses and shots of Arkwright Colliery which closed in February being demolished. Further East Midlands collieries are expected to close as the government pushes ahead with plans to increase coal imports to the UK. The government is also expected to privatise the power industry who will also look to use the cheapest coal possible which will be mined with lower standards of welfare and safety. Views of the port at Rotterdam in the Netherlands which is a centre for coal movement.
Interviews with the Labour MP for Mansfield, Alan Meale and the Conservative MP for Sherwood, Andy Stewart about the feared job losses in the local industry. Importation will also be easier with plans for to extend the facilities at Immingham on the Humber. Colour still of the energy secretary Cecil Parkinson MP. Aerial view of power stations. Interview with the UDM president Roy Lynk who hopes that Immingham will provide a place for British coal exports as well as imports. Interview with Ray Chadburn of the NUM who is far less hopeful and is against the plans. Views of Canadian coal bound for British Steel being unloaded at Immingham. Library shots of miners working underground. Interview with Councillor Bill Flanaghan of the Coalfields Communities Campaign and Steve Brunt, former Arkwright delegate about how the closure of Arkwright Colliery in North East Derbyshire had affected the village community.
Further shots of Arkwright Town and vox pops with local people. (+ 9.30 trims of the Arkwright shots).
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