| Rescue Workers In Dramatic Race | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1714 |
| Catalog #: | 362282 | |
| Clip Number: | 362282-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 036-069-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:24:29 - 00:26:02 | |
| Location: | Hazelton, Pennsylvania | |
| Year Shot: | 1963 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Collapses & Cave-Ins DISASTERS: Rescues INDUSTRY/MINING: Misc LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Pennsylvania | |
| Description: | Near Hazelton, Pennsylvania, A tense drama unfolds at the Old Lehigh mine as teams of rescue workers labor around the clock to reach three entombed miners. In a sloping shaft blocked by tons of debris two miner are trapped in one pocket and a third in another part of the shaft. A communication shaft is drilled to the two men and food and tools dropped down. They spend frustrating hours trying to reach the Hazelton, Pennsylvania A car driving down a deserted street in Pennsylvania. MS - Entrance way to the mine. MS - Rescue workers looking down the shaft of the mine. MCUS - A drilling machine. CUS - One of the trapped minor's wife. MCUS - Rescue workers in communication with the trapped minors. MCUS - Rescue workers sending down supplies to the trapped minors. | |
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