Aberfan Tragedy

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1951
Date Released
24 Oct 1966
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Farmers Protest
  2. 2Pilots Ride Aboard
  3. 3Boomerang Boom
  4. 4A Little of What You Fancy
  5. 5Montreal Goes Underground
  6. 6Aberfan Tragedy

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Aberfan Tragedy. DESCRIPTION: Disaster in the village of Aberfan. Nearly two hundred believed dead after a coal tip avalanched onto the village, engulfing an infants’ school killing many of the children and teachers inside. Photographed during the day of the disaster and during subsequent rescue operations. This story for release on Monday, 24th October. SHOTLIST: LS lorries in Aberfan Street. MS women and children, in doorway. GV clearing operations. GV pan ditto. MS bulldozer clearing sludge. MS house wrecked by tip. MLS car wrecked. MCU men clearing debris. MS ditto. MS ditto. MS ditto. MS men working at night. GV ditto. MS ditto. MS ditto. MLS ditto. MS body carried on stretcher. MS body put into ambulance. MS another body into ambulance. MS volunteer gets food from mobile canteen. GV clearing operations with mechanical diggers. GV smoke from buried houses. GV clearing operations. LS ditto. GV houses in Aberfan. GV ditto. LS houses covered by sludge. MS ditto. GV ditto. MS men clearing rubble from buried house. MS ditto. GV ditto. MS Prince Philip in Aberfan. MLS ditto, MS ditto. GV clearing operation. MS woman watching. MS ditto. MS interior school room, sludge through windows. MS ditto. CU school timetable. MS interior school room. MS men working in wrecked house. CU ditto. MS ditto. MS school books on ground. CU ditto. MS man reading one of the books. CU ditto. CU man turns page of book. GV pan clearing operations.
Keywords
Mining; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Wales; Glamorgan; Aberfan; Merthyr Tydfil
Card file number
91696
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Camera
John Wanstall
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
269
Story extras:
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