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The film mixes archive footage of industry in the Black Country (chain and anchor making and coal mining) with modern shots in a Black Country blast furnace; material shot at the Black Country Museum; and a group of mostly elderly people in a pub reminiscing about life in the Black Country. The anecdotes and stories continue over much of the archive footage providing first hand accounts of the region.
There are also shots of a group of people (in period costumes) singing inside a derelict foundry; and a stylised recreation of a bare knuckle boxing bout featuring the actor Pat Roach as William Perry (the Tipton Slasher).
The glass industry is also featured with archive shots of wine glasses being blown mixed with modern shots of glass wear being produced using moulds. We also see a few archive street scenes and typical shots of smoking factory chimneys again mixed with modern footage.
There is also extensive use made of archive stills.
Our thanks to:
The Citizens Theatre
The Black Country Bugle
The Black Country Museum
Photography - Peter Salkeld
Sound - Phil Middleham
Dubbing Mixer - Colin Martin
Fight sequences staged by Pat Roach
Excerpts from 'The Nailmakers' by Jon Raven and Malcolm Totten
Narrator - Ralph Lawton
Verse by Harry Taylor
Make up - Lesley Stanier
Graphics - Jim Bridgen
Research - John McLeod, Gareth Jones, Isobel Rowley, Keith Wootton
Production Assistant - Pat Harris
Producer - Graham Mole
Film Editor - Barbara Pluck
Director - Mike Connor
Production number 4126/84.
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