The Cornish Engine

6.0(1)194833m0

BAFTA-nominated documentary about the history of Cornish pumping engines.

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  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical22 Aug 1948

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The Cornish Engine was released on 22 August 1948.

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    CinemaSerf

    1/7/2025

    6/10

    This opens with waves crashing against the cliffs as if it were straight out of a Daphne du Maurier novel as we pan to ruined stannaries and scarred terrain. All we really need now is Leslie Banks and Charles Laughton. Sadly, no - not quite. Instead we are taken on a tour of the really quite precarious mines of Cornwall that are long since abandoned. There are still one or two pumping engines working, and these are m…

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