Residents collect coal at Dagenham (1926)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit A bulk freighter loses its cargo of coal at Dagenham, and citizens help themselves Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: The Coal Rush; Many ’amateur runners’ were busy at Dagenham collecting (without permits) coal salvaged from a burnt-out steamer ENGLAND: London: Barking and Dagenham: EXT Looters, railroad, cargo, theft, mischief, carts, citizens, looting, peacetime, interwar, interbellum Background: A bulk freighter loses its cargo of coal at Dagenham, and citizens help themselves FILM ID: VLVAEPAGANZDVEDKA5BNMO63I0WBG To license this film, visit Archive: Reuters Archive managed by: British Pathé