Rescue search operation in pit disaster in Wrexham (1935)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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SLATE INFORMATION: DESCEND DEATH PIT Fatal mine entered five months after explosion. Masked rescuers dare death in search for victims.
WALES: Wrexham:
Gen. view of Mine and semi view pan. up pithead. Semi view of miners with gasmasks, man gives instructions. CU. pan. of men wearing gasmasks. Long view of miners walking towards wearing gasmasks. Side view pan. of miners with masks past. CU. of sign... NO SMOKING. Long view of miners entering pithead Semi view of man shutting door and putting down sandbags. Pan of people waiting and pan. to sealed head. Pan. up to shaft. Long view of miners wearing masks coming out of pithead. Long view of Miners walking towards.
Sound Effects: Off-stage voice describes miners going down pithead in search for victims killed in explosion five months ago.
Disasters and Accidents; mining; Wales; Great Britain
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