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Various shots showing worried-looking women holding frowning babies as they wait for news of the men killed or injured in an explosion in the mine. Could relate to story MARKHAM PIT DISASTER in 38/38 or untitled story about Barnsley mine disaster in 38/38.
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Description
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Data
- Archive
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 12/05/1938
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 17179
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Film ID:
- 965.27
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration
- 00:01:07:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:26:36:00 / 01:27:43:00
- Canister:
- 38/38
- Sort Number:
- 38/038
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m.s.thompson@btinternet.com says
This is a reel taken at the Valleyfield pit disaster in Fife. 28 October 1939. The woman in the shawl at the left edge is my grandmother - Mary Thompson, holding her youngest son Hugh. My grandfather was on backshift and therefore not in the mine when disaster struck. 35 men died.