Aberfan - The Final Tribute

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1952
Date Released
31 Oct 1966
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Final Tribute. DESCRIPTION: The mass burial of many of the victims of the disaster at Aberfan. A week after the tip avalanched onto the village, at last streets are silenced - the tumult of rescue is stilled. The bodies of eighty one children and one adult share the mass burial. Altogether, a hundred and forty five bodies have been found. SHOTLIST: GV Aberfan Street. MLS shop closed. MLS shop closed except for flowers. MS pan hearse passes. GV Aberfan Cemetery. LS coffin carried from hearse. GV ditto. GV hearse arrives at cemetery. Zoom out coffin, carried to mass grave. LS mourners by side of grave. GV pan mourners arrive at cemetery. LS mourners in cemetery. GV ditto. Pan ditto. GV ditto (with coal tips in background). Pan ditto.
Keywords
Social events; Funerals
Locations
Wales; Glamorgan; Aberfan; Merthyr Tydfil
Card file number
91732
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
174
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Aberfan - The Final Tribute', British Movietone News Issue No. 1952, 31 Oct 1966. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26647 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)