Lofthouse Colliery Disaster

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2286

Date Released

26 Mar 1973

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1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lofthouse Colliery Disaster. DESCRIPTION: A mine disaster at Lofthouse Colliery, near Wakefield, Yorkshire. Seven men are trapped 700 feet underground, behind a wall of water, pouring in from a disused shaft nearby. SHOTLIST: GV Lofthouse Colliery with sign in fore ground. SV sign Lofthouse Colliery. GV Lofthouse Colliery and pithead with people waiting around. SCU pithead wheel. SV relatives standing around. CU map of area where men are trapped. LV showing large hole in field where an old shaft has collapsed. CU hole in field. LV rescuers preparing large water pump. CU miner watching. CU miner rolling piping to shaft. SV ditto. SV wife of Don Haigh talking to his brother. CU wife. GV Lofthouse Colliery with relatives waiting for news in fore ground.

Keywords

Mining; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Yorkshire; Wakefield; Lofthouse

Card file number

98964

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Peter Brown

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