ABERFAN TRAGEDY - NO SOUND

(24 Oct 1966) CUTS FOR STORY NUMBER 91696 - LS and MS of large number of people helping to move rubble and sludge. CU of volunteer using pick axe - he has a transistor radio around his neck. House with sludge halfway up ground floor windows. Volunteers around school building. Interior of school. CUs of posters. Volunteers clearing room of school room. Volunteers having hot drink and sandwiches. Volunteers passing planks of wood hand to hand. CU of school book - Kim Titley’s Homework book lying on ground. CU policeman, CU miner. Night shots of clearance operation. Various shots of men using shovels. Interior of school room with earth pouring through window. Various shots of the interior of the school hit by the disaster. LS of clearing up. Mangled car. Policeman moves people on. Local woman standing on sandbags in doorway of house. Body being carried away from school on stretcher. Rescuers climbing into school through window. Volunteers at work. Matresses and furniture being loaded onto back of van. People
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