Welsh Colliery Disaster (1927)

Item title reads: “Welsh Colliery disaster. Heavy death roll despite heroic rescue attempts in terrible gas explosion at Marine No. 1 Pit, Cwm.“ Cwmbran, Monmouthshire M/S crowds gathered at the pit. Panning shot to show rescue and ambulance vehicles, and the pit head wheels. People stand around waiting for news of fathers and brothers. Miners, some with blackened faces, carrying lamps, climb a slope to begin another shift. Note: The realities of the risks of coal mining are illustrated here. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as w