Creswell Colliery Disaster

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1112A
Date Released
28 Sep 1950
Date submitted
26 Sep 1950
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Creswell Colliery Disaster. DESCRIPTION: Once again tragedy overtakes the coalfields. At Creswell Colliery, near Worksop, fire mysteriously broke out a thousand feet below the surface when 180 men were at work. In spite of valiant efforts by rescue teams, eighty miners were still trapped behind the wall of flame. SHOTLIST: KS. Miners & rescuers pass camera. Aerial of Creswell Pithead, several shots. Ground shots crowds, some reading notices, others filling sandbags. Dusk shot crowds at service being held at pithead.
Keywords
Mining; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Derbyshire; Creswell
Card file number
54381
Credits:
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Martin Gray
Length of story (in feet)
122
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Creswell Colliery Disaster', British Movietone News Issue No. 1112A, 28 Sep 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16682 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)