Mining Disaster Czechoslovakia (1946)

Unissued / Unused material. 52 miners killed in Kohinoor mine. Near Most, Czechoslovakia. MS’s pithead and chimneys. CU rescue workers descending in cage. Various shots of the mine. CU one of the dead on a stretcher covered by blankets. CU an old Czech miner who narrowly escaped death speaks (lip movement only). CU’s a row of coffins at the funeral service. FILM ID:2355.2 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.