King Coal Takes Toll (1925)

Item title reads - King Coal takes toll. Affecting scenes at pithead in which 51 miners lost lives in gas explosion. Sullivan, Indiana, USA (.). L/S of the pit, the camera pans across the many people waiting there. M/S as four men carry out a body covered up on a stretcher and take it through the crowds. M/S of a man coming out supported by two others, he is injured and shaken, other injured men also come out. M/S of a man on a stretcher, another man leans over and speaks to him. M/S of three men drinking coffee and eating sandwiches. Note: there is another version of this item with the same title and footage which is tinted yellow. It is on *PM0378*. 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