An openly political film, the director & several lead actors had to flee Germany after Hitler came to power in 1933.

American dancer Louis Douglas ('Africa') was a European tour veteran, having starred alongside Josephine Baker in 1925

Ernst Busch ('Germany') later fought in the Spanish Civil War

Definitely a long commute!

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Some good if less colourful short memoirs were written as part of a day release course at Sheffield Uni in the 1970s, we've got copies of published versions
mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/YMA/...
mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/YMA/... and @uoscollections.bsky.social may have more on this

A small sample of Yorkshire Miners' Association material has been digitised and is online at wdc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll... , including the short-lived YMA union journal between 1923-1926.

They do sound great. The Yorkshire Miners' Association catalogue is finished now and at mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/YMA , which should give you an idea of what's available. Happy to give more detailed info or suggestions for sources through email (archives @warwick.ac.uk)