| NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - PIT DISASTER AT STOKE ON TRENT | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6342 |
| Catalog #: | 253441 | |
| Clip Number: | 253441-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 37/53 | |
| Timecode: | 01:40:59 - 01:41:31 | |
| Location: | Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1937 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Collapses & Cave-Ins LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - PIT DISASTER AT STOKE ON TRENT Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Pit disaster - rescue workers filling and carrying sandbags to block up the shafts. Rescuers with bird in cage - to check the oxygen level in the collapsed coal mine. Families waiting, police keeping them away from the pit. Rescuers with dirty faces walking towards and past camera, ambulance is leaving. 30 men died and many were wounded in disaster. | |
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