• Short Summary

    Rescue teams work frantically to save two mine workers trapped when their shaft caved in. Nova Scotia, Canada.

  • Description

    Item title reads - Dramatic mine rescue at Moose River, Nova Scotia.

    Canada.

    L/S of the gold mine workings. M/S pan across the shaft which has caved in leaving one man dead and two more trapped. M/S of a diagram showing where they are trapped, and the food and communication pipe going down to them. Various shots as they complete the pipeline which will get food through.

    M/S of Dr. MacDonald and Dr. Rankin standing by. M/S as the hose is attached, soup will be poured down it. M/S as they pull down houses for timber to line the rescue shaft. M/S as the men go down to dig the shaft in the darkness. M/S of Mrs Robertson, wife of one of the workers. M/S as she listens to her husband through headphones. M/S of a dog. M/S of the rescue workers.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    881.11
    Media URN:
    12944
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    30/04/1936
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:16:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:16:12:00 / 01:17:28:00
    Canister:
    36/35

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