| RUHR MINE EXPLOSION TRAPS 550 Mining disaster in Germany; only 70 miners are rescued, 11 of those are dead. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5623 |
| Catalog #: | 106654 | |
| Clip Number: | 106654-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 46/17 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Germany | |
| Year Shot: | 1946 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY/MINING: Coal | |
| Description: | RUHR MINE EXPLOSION TRAPS 550 Mining disaster in Germany; only 70 miners are rescued, 11 of those are dead. Monopol-Grimberg coal mine, Unna, Near Dortmund, Germany L/S of pit head. Pan down pit head showing piles of debris on ground - result of explosion below surface. C/U of British officer talking with German mine rescue workers covered in coal dust. M/S of rescue workers with breathing apparatus on. Various C/Us of corpses of dead miners lying on stretchers. M/S of rescue workers with breathing apparatus. Of the 70 men brought to the surface, 11 were dead. According to narrator "there is no chance of an of the people still trapped being found alive". | |
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