Remember Aberfan

Synopsis: Visits the small minig village of Aberfan in South Wales where, on 21 October 1966, the coal tip above the village collapsed and slid down the hillside, killing over 140 people, many of them children from the junior school. Uses photographs and archive film, together with personal accounts, to tell the stories of survivors and their families.
Series: Timewatch, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Year of production: 1996
Availability: Out of Distribution; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Notes: Broadcast on BBC2 on 15/10/96.
Subjects: History
Keywords: coal mines; disasters; mining industries; Wales

Name: BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
Contact: Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
Email: BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
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Address: BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
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London
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Notes: The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’

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