Ayr Pit Disaster

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1110
Date Released
11 Sep 1950
Date submitted
8 Sep 1950
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Southend Lights-Up
  2. 2Braemar Gathering
  3. 3Britain’s Latest Air Marvels
  4. 4Ayr Pit Disaster
  5. 5The St Leger - Scratch II Wins Doncaster Classic
  6. *Royal Visitors to Edinburgh

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ayr Pit Disaster. DESCRIPTION: A subsidence on the surface meant men were trapped below ground. Rescuers worked hard to get to the miners, whilst anxious relatives waited at the pithead. SHOTLIST: KS. Interior - miners pass along tunnel in coal mine. Elevated GV crowds outside pithead. Aerial showing subsidence of ground. Conveyor carries trees, trunk etc. for stopping subsidence. Rescue workers pass camera. Truckload going below ground. Rescuers below ground, pass along tunnels & hacking their way to entombed men. Rescuers & some of the trapped men coming out of the mine aboard a truck.
Keywords
Mining; Accidents and disasters
Locations
New Cumnock; Knockshinnock
Card file number
54304
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
122
Story extras:
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