Terrible Pit Disaster (1923)

Item title reads - Terrible pit disaster. Affecting scenes at pit head whilst heroic rescue party ceaselessly endeavour to reach entombed comrades. Falkirk, Scotland. The camera pans across the crowds waiting at the pit. M/S as a line of miners walk up to the top and survey the scene. M/S as a group of men turn handles, possibly of a pump, in the rain. M/S as a woman and two children walk by, men tie ropes together in the background and others stand around waiting. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1