The National Coal Board (NCB) Film Unit is one of Britain's most substantial and long-lasting industrial film units. The following is an informative film about the Self Rescuer and its vital role in saving miners lives. Following the intro is an opening title - Using Self Rescuers Using footage of fires and emergency rescues from coal mines, a narrator explains that deaths by carbon monoxide poisoning are too high for miners. Introducing the Self Rescuer, a miner demonstrates how it...

The National Coal Board (NCB) Film Unit is one of Britain's most substantial and long-lasting industrial film units. The following is an informative film about the Self Rescuer and its vital role in saving miners lives. Following the intro is an opening title - Using Self Rescuers Using footage of fires and emergency rescues from coal mines, a narrator explains that deaths by carbon monoxide poisoning are too high for miners. Introducing the Self Rescuer, a miner demonstrates how it should be placed over the head and used correctly. In a coal pit, the film dramatises the difference of using the Self Rescuer or not in a fire. The miner who doesn't wear his is brought out dead, while those who followed procedure came out ok. It is explained what it would feel like to wear a Self Rescuer in hot humid conditions, and how to notice any problems with it. The machines are continuously monitored. Title - Director John Fitzgerald Camera Edward Tilling Editing Ian Fuller Produced by Francis Gysin Made by The N.C.B. Film Unit 1966