| MINERS RESCUED Three miners are rescued from pit in Germany. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5928 |
| Catalog #: | 35200 | |
| Clip Number: | 35200-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 63/90 | |
| Timecode: | 01:25:26 - 01:27:16 | |
| Location: | Germany | |
| Year Shot: | 1963 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Mining DISASTERS: Rescues LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Germany | |
| Description: | MINERS RESCUED Three miners are rescued from pit in Germany. Germany. M/S pan cranes in operation lowering the escape shaft over the pit. Crane pans down to escape shaft being lowered. M/S decompression chamber being prepared. C/U valves on chamber. M/S escape shaft being lowered. M/S Paul Syska, the mine 'escape foreman'. C/U shaft being lowered with Syska inside. M/S diagram shot showing how the rescue is carried out. M/S above surface of decompression chamber over the escape shaft. M/S group of nurses waiting. C/U of the three men, Emil Polai, Fritz Leder and Gerhard Hanusch. Various shots as the men walk away with Syska. M/S crowd watching. C/U old woman in crowd. L/S pan of the three men walking away from pit surrounded by medical people. C/U one of the rescuers drinking a bottle of beer. M/S crowds and rescuers walking away from pit head. | |
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