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  • Short Summary

    Massive crowds gather to pay their respects at the funeral of dead miners.

  • Description

    Full title reads: "Llwynpia Colliery Disaster. 50,000 people gather along the 3 mile route to pay last tribute at funeral of Pit Victims."

    Llwynpia, Mid-Glamorgan, Wales.

    Men walk down street in long parade. The pavements are lined with crowds.

    The men walk slowly through a pair of gates. There are large crowds watching them go in.

    High angle shot of hearses and other funeral cars driving slowly down crowd lined streets.

    The hearses turn into the gates of what is probably the Cemetery where the funeral will take place.

    Long shots of people inside cemetery. It is a large crowd.

    Sound Track Missing. Alternative spelling for search purposes - Llwynfsia.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    661.39
    Media URN:
    4769
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathe
    Issue Date:
    04/02/1932
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:19:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:54:10:00 / 01:55:29:00
    Canister:
    32/10

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