Gresford Mine Disaster
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Original BBC radio news reports and archive film from the 1934 Gresford mining disaster.
BBC radio news reports from September 22nd 1934 read by Stuart Hibberd - the day of the Gresford mining disaster. Also with archive footage from the mine on the day of the underground explosion. 266 men died in one of Wales' worst pit disasters.
From: Coal Stories Gresford
First broadcast : 15 November 2007
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 7-9,11-14
Subject : History, Media Studies
Topic : Industrial Wales and Britain, Modern Wales and Britain, Twentieth century world, Archive
Keywords : Coal industry, Disasters, Radio archive
Notes : History KS2, KS3 - Use clip primarily to understand the impact of a colliery accident on a community or in studies on the Gresford Colliery disaster in particular. Media studies KS4 - Explore use of archive in a broadcast production.
