After Aberfan?

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1951A

Date Released

27 Oct 1966

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Instant Earthquake
2. 2The Other Grand National
3. 3The Ones That Didn’t Get Away
4. 4Burning Up the Bad
5. 5After Aberfan?

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: After Aberfan?. DESCRIPTION: With the bodies of a hundred and eleven children and thirty-two adults already recovered, work continues at Aberfan to clear the remaining houses of black mud. The anguish of bereavement will linger, but with it, the other emotions of anger and distrust. After Aberfan, will other tips threaten to inundate other mining villages in Wales? The lesson of disaster is a grim one and the Public Enquiry must discover the limitations in the present warning system; the miners and their families must be secure from another disaster somewhere else. SHOTLIST: GV Aberfan pit head. LAS pit head. MS interior mine, coal on conveyor belt. MS ditto. Aerial shot, Aberfan Valley. GV pan ditto pan to coal tip. GV coal tip. LS men filling bags with sludge from tip. MS ditto. MS bags made into wall. Pan stream running down hillside. Aerial shot, Aberfan Valley. Aerial shot, ditto. Pan houses destroyed by tip. GV street in Aberfan. Pan houses wrecked by pit. MS interior of mine, men working. MS ditto. CU coal cutter on machine starts up. MS ditto. MS coal passes on conveyor belt. MS lift from mine comes to pit head. LAS pulley at pit head. MS men out of lift cage. GV street in Aberfan. GV ditto. GV ditto. GV ditto. GV lorry reversing up street in Aberfan. MS men clearing sludge from house. MS interior house wrecked by tip. MS ditto. GV clearing operations GV ditto. Aerial shot, Aberfan Valley.

Keywords

Mining; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Wales; Glamorgan; Aberfan; Merthyr Tydfil

Card file number

91723

Credits:

Commentator

Huw Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

281

Story extras:

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