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Terrible Price, The - Gresford 1934 (2006)

Director

Martin Smith

Subject

History; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (60 minutes), £15.99

A documentary about the Gresford (Wrexham) mining disaster of 1934. Shown on the 70th anniversary of the disaster on BBC in Wales only, this film tells the story of a man-made tragedy which cost the lives of...

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Hovercraft Disaster

Date released

9 Mar 1972

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2231A

NoS ID

029285

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hovercraft Disaster. DESCRIPTION: Five people die in Britain’s first hovercraft disaster. The tragedy happened in the Solent. Twenty-one others were rescued. It is believed that high...

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PM Thatcher on Hillsborough disaster (1989)

Genre

Press conference

Press conference by Margaret Thatcher on the Hillsborough stadium disaster (15/04/89) after she visited the scene. She talks about the impact the disaster will have on people.

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California - Disaster Area

Date released

30 Jan 1969

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2069A

NoS ID

027724

Story no

3 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: California - Disaster Area. DESCRIPTION: Some fifty deaths, some ten thousand homeless, in the terrible floods which caused the whole state of California to be declared a disaster area....

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Challenge, The: The Riddle of the Tay Bridge Disaster (2002)

Subject

Design; Engineering

Distribution

Sale, DVD (PAL, 29 minutes), £34.99

One of Britain’s most terrible railway disasters was the 1879 Tay Bridge disaster, when everyone on board a passenger train was killed when the central section of the bridge toppled into the Firth of Tay....

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Digital Preservation and Nuclear Disaster: An Animation (2009)

Subject

Librarianship; Media studies

The first of a new series of short animations introducing and explaining digital preservation problems and solutions for the general public. These cartoons encapsulate complex digital preservation issues and...

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London Express Disaster

Date released

10 Jan 1957

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

2764

NoS ID

156978

Story no

1 / 10

Extras

1 commentary sheet

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Tragedy

Date released

11 Jan 1937

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

397

NoS ID

007181

Story no

10 / 14

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Violent Earthquake Spells Disaster in San Salvador. DESCRIPTION: Violent earthquake spells disaster in San Salvador. SHOTLIST: Shots of the wrecked houses. Belongings in streets. Shot...

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Archbishop on Hillsborough disaster (1989)

Genre

Interview

Archbishop of Liverpool Derek Worlock speaks about his initial reaction to the Hillsborough stadium disaster (15/04/89) and compares the scenes he saw on television to the Heysel stadium disaster....

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Hillsborough disaster-we must learn from it (1989)

Genre

Interview

Merseyside MP David Alton says the Hillsborough stadium disaster (15/04/89) is an unmitigated disaster and we must learn from it. Interviewer not heard.

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