4,300 Ft Below Earth’s Surface (1926)

Johannesburg, South Africa. Title: “4,300 Feet below Earth’s Surface. Pathe Gazette presents first pictures ever taken in a gold mine, during visit of British Farmers, now touring S. Africa, to famous Robinson Mine“. M/S of the group of British farmers in boiler suits and hats walking towards the mine entrance. M/S of the men squeezing into a lift at the top of the mine shaft. M/S of the farmers walking a long one of the mine tunnels, they a lit by electric lights. M/S of the group of farmers with their miner guides, waiting to get into a mini-train running down one of the tunnels. Note: an alternative version of this story exists transferred from a print with an orange tint.. Please see record for 4,3000 FT BELOW EARTH’S SURFACE (orange tint). 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