Mine Disaster

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2286A

Date Released

29 Mar 1973

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Mine Disaster
2. 2Cook of the Realm
3. 3London Dinghy Exhibition
4. 4Moomba Festival
5. 5Shuttleworth Air Day

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mine Disaster. DESCRIPTION: PM Heath visits the site of the mine disaster at Lofthouse Colliery near Wakefield. SHOTLIST: GV drill hole. CU man. CU drill into ground. GV rubble on conveyor belt into hole. CU miners watch. CU rubble on conveyor belt. SV arrival of Prime Minister Edward Heath at pit head. SV rescue party putting on gear. SV ditto leaving. SV hand pointing to tunnel where men are (map scene). SV Salvation Army and others. SV pan rescue party going towards mine. SV & CU anxious miners watching. SV rescue party walking away from pithead. 2 SV miner. SV miners taking off gear.

Keywords

Mining; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Yorkshire; Lofthouse Colliery

Card file number

98976

Credits:

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Camera

Peter Brown

Length of story (in feet)

101

Story extras:

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