Aberfan Today

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2107A

Date Released

23 Oct 1969

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Aberfan Today. DESCRIPTION: Exactly three years after the disaster in which 144 people lost their lives, we revisit this Welsh mining valley to see progress on the removal of the coal tips to a mountain site well away from the community. SHOTLIST: LAS coal falling from elevator onto pile. MCU flowers on grave. GV pan Abervan village - to coal tip. CU road sign ABERVAN. GV valley. GV Abervan street scene. MS teenagers talking to woman at doorway of house. CU ditto. HAS street in Abervan. 2 shots showing coal tip alongside houses. 2 shots showing tip in Abervan school. MS memorial to Abervan disaster, on grounds of school. MS pan graveyards. CU grave and flowers. MS grave and men working on them. GV pan valley. CU bulldozer moving slag. MS pan excavator moving slag from tip. MS pan slag falling from elevator. 2 shots slag running along conveyor belt. MS pan lorry with slag. GV pan valley as viewed from tip.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Environment; Mining; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Wales; Glamorgan; Aberfan; Merthyr Tydfil

Card file number

95211

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

158

Story extras:

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