Colliery Disaster (1925)

Item title reads - Colliery disaster. 8 killed at Pendleton Colliery in workings 2000 feet down and 2 1/2 miles from shaft. Lancashire. L/S of the colliery and mine workings, the camera pans down to the men stood at the bottom. M/S of miners walking out of the mine. The camera pans up it to the wheel at the top. Various shots of men emerging from the mine and walking around a corner covered in coal dust. 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 Britis