This Is Tragedy (1966)

Aberfan, Wales. GV. Pan, the Aberfan area with men working at school building after being crashed in landslide. LV. Crowds of men working, clearing rubble. SV. Line of men pass buckets of slag away from the area. SV. Men digging, & LV. LV. Men working at school, & LV. They are working in one of the classrooms. CU. Man digging, & SV. GV. The two tips above the village. Zoom back to show path of the slide to village. GV. Pan from the tip of the slide to the school. GV. Men working. SV. Mechanical shovel, & LV. LV. Men working as shovel backs out with full load. CU. Miner. CU. Another miner. CU. Another miner. CU. Another miner. CU. Another miner. LV. Two men carry child’s body away on stretcher. CU. Pan, miners watching. LV. Men digging in slag. CU. Pan as another body is carried away, & LV. LV. Men digging. LV. Men working inside the school, & SV. GV. Crowded street. LV. Another body is carried away. CU. Women watching. SV. Woman with three children watching. CU. Father holding his small son’s han
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