Man Trapped In Mine Rock Fall (1963)

Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Australian commentary. VS. Small crowd around area where mine has caved in and trapped a man (Charles Curslake) below. Rescue teams dig the rock away and the man is raised to the surface, he is alive but badly injured as they carry him off on a stretcher and is given a cigarette to smoke. (Comb. F.G.) 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 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.