South African Disaster

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1599A

Date Released

28 Jan 1960

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Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: South African Disaster. DESCRIPTION: At the pit-head of the Coalbrook Colliery in South Africa, relatives waited for news of 440 men trapped down below, of whom six are white. A white rescue team went down in a vain attempt to break through a mile of rubble. An African team followed. Later, their attempts at rescue became impossible, owing to a second fall of rock, 500 feet underground. Since then, a high-speed diamond-drill has been brought into action. It was the last hope of getting help through to the miners. SHOTLIST: GV crowd. Pan - anxious relatives. MS rescue workers. GV crowd. MS rescue workers. MS same. BS cable car gantry. Pan rescue workers (2). Pan priest holding service. MS congregation. MS priests. LS pit head.

Keywords

Mining; Accidents and disasters; Religion and belief

Locations

South Africa; Coalbrook

Footage sources

South Africa Film Unit

Card file number

79187

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner

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