Arthur Scargill

Arthur Scargill is a British trade unionist. He was President of the National Union of Mineworkers from 1982 to 2002. Joining the NUM at the age of nineteen in 1957, he became one of its leading activists in the late 1960s.

Movies Starring Arthur Scargill (4)

The Miners' Campaign Video Tapes: Not Just Tea and Sandwiches (1984)

Part of BFI collection "The Miners' Campaign Video Tapes. ...

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The Miners' Campaign Video Tapes: The Coal Board's Butchery (1984)

Part of BFI collection "The Miners' Campaign Video Tapes. ...

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News from Durham (1983)

Combines footage of the 100th Durham Miner's Gala held in 1983, with extracts from a miners' weekend school held two months later, to raise the central issues that were of concern to the mineworkers' union during the lead up to the national strike of 1984. ...

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It's No Joke Living in Barnsley (1976)

Brian Glover meets up with locals like Arthur Scargill as he guides us round his home town. ...

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