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Nova Scotia (Springhill Coal Mine Explosion Aftermath, Nov56)

Reel Number: 221601-64

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1956

Country: Canada

Location: Nova Scotia,Springhill

TC Begins: 12:00:06

TC Ends: 12:01:01

Duration: 00:00:55

Nova Scotia 12:00:08 Main street going down hill of ?? Springhill, Nova Scotia Coal mine disaster; collapsed buildings at mine head from force of coal dust explosion 5500 feet down. People running past camera; standing about ambulances & mine buildings. Women talking. 12:00:40 Ambulance past; injured loaded out of station wagon & ambulance, carried past. Nov56; 1956; Canada; Canadian Coal Mining; Note: Springhill area had disasters in 1891, 1956, 1958.

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