104 Die In British Pit Disaster (1947)

Full title reads: "104 Die in British Pit Disaster". Whitehaven, Cumberland. Pithead scenes taken at the William pit after the underground explosion in the coal mine. LS General views of Whitehaven, Cumberland. LS Scene at the pithead showing ambulances waiting. MS Ambulance workers loading ambulances. MS The Bishop of Penrith chatting to the rescue workers. CU A cage of canaries being held in a miners hand. CU Lord Hyndley, Chairman of the National Coal Board, chatting and shaking hands with, rescue workers. LS Elevated shot of wives and families waiting at the colliery. MS Men carrying bodies out on stretchers. LS Ambulances driving through a lane of anxious waiting people. MS Men carrying bodies out on stretchers and in coffins. LS ambulance driving through a lane of anxious waiting people. FILM ID:1193.08 FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/