The Scottish Screen Archives has some pretty great material that are useful for placing the film in context.

For example:

Here is a film of Lochgelly at work and play;

Love the women running away at the start and the kid hanging onto the womans dress at the end. And the general good humour of the filming process.

And here’s a clip called “The New mine”;

From 1940’s but still gives a flavour of the job.