| WELSH COLLIERY DISASTER Sorrowful scenes at the pit head in Monmouthshire. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 8250 |
| Catalog #: | 243599 | |
| Clip Number: | 243599-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1377 | |
| Timecode: | 10:00:02 - 10:01:16 | |
| Location: | Cwmbran, Monmouthshire | |
| Year Shot: | 1927 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Misc. DISASTERS: Collapses & Cave-Ins DISASTERS: Explosions DISASTERS: Mining DISASTERS: Rescues INDUSTRY/MINING: Coal LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, Wales | |
| Description: | Welsh Colliery disaster. Heavy death roll despite heroic rescue attempts in terrible gas explosion at Marine No. 1 Pit, Cwm. Cwmbran, Monmouthshire M/S crowds gathered at the pit. Panning shot to show rescue and ambulance vehicles, and the pit head wheels. People stand around waiting for news of fathers and brothers. Miners, some with blackened faces, carrying lamps, climb a slope to begin another shift. | |
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