French Mine Disaster (1964)

Champagnole, France Aerial view of lime factory buildings at head of lime mine. Aerial view of part of the ground where large cracks have appeared because of a subsidence underground. Aerial view open lime quarry. VS. Bulldozers at work trying to clear part of side of mountain to try to reach the trapped men horizontally. VS. Rescue teams busy drilling through the day and night to make some kind of contact with the miners. Crowds gather around and relatives wait for news. A man tries by means of a small tube to talk down it to find out if anyone is alive. MS. The escape capsule being prepared. VS. Contact is made and a thin telephone wire is fed down hole, the relations take turns in speaking. (F.G.) 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 histori