| LANCASHIRE PIT DISASTER Bleak shots of coal mining community after 19 lives are | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5476 |
| Catalog #: | 243605 | |
| Clip Number: | 243605-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 32/82 | |
| Timecode: | 01:34:26 - 01:35:19 | |
| Location: | Leigh, Lancashire | |
| Year Shot: | 1932 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Victims INDUSTRY: Factories, Misc INDUSTRY/MINING: Coal LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | "Leigh. Lancashire Pit Disaster. Nineteen lose their lives in strange and terrible accident at Bickershaw Colliery." Leigh, Lancashire. Intertitle reads: "Donations to the Relief Fund for the many who have lost their relatives & bread winners - should be sent to ... The Mayor of Leigh, Leigh, Lancashire." Pan across the pit head building of the Bickershaw Colliery. Smoke rises from the chimneys. The winding gear and pit head workings are visible. Groups of men stand solemnly in the street. Almost to a man they are wearing cloth caps and raincoats or jackets. Closer shot of coal mine property. A small group of people walk out (possibly including widows). | |
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