| Canada Mine Disaster. | ||
|---|---|---|
| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1624 |
| Catalog #: | 354407 | |
| Clip Number: | 354407-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 029-090-04 | |
| Timecode: | 00:24:33 - 00:25:27 | |
| Location: | Nova Scotia, Canada | |
| Year Shot: | 1956 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Explosions DISASTERS: Mining DISASTERS: Survivors DISASTERS: Victims LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: Canada, Nova Scotia | |
| Description: | Rescue operations in the Springhill, N.S. Mine disaster stop with the sealing of the mine to prevent a second coal-gas explosion and fire. 26 Are still trapped, while 89 are rescued from the mile-deep shafts. Establishing shot - Springhill, Nova Scotia a car driving down a hill. MS - Aftermath of the first explosion the out-side of the mine. The camera pans the destruction that was caused by the blast. MCUS - Family members of the minors running to the mine, to wait. A crowd of family members gathered trying to comfort one another. MCUS - An ambulance leaving the mines with a survivor. MCUS - Injured minors being brought up from the mines carried off on stretchers and being placed in a building awaiting for transfer to a hospital. | |
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