A Lucky Escape (1925)

Item title reads - A lucky escape. Thousands of tons of rock and earth fall and block line just after passenger train had passed. Aberbeeg, Wales. L/S of the landslide over the track. L/S of people digging the earth from the track, the camera pans across the line of men. L/S as it pans up from them to the people stood at the top of the hill. M/S of the men digging again. 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.
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