Markham Pit Disaster (1938)

Markham, near Chesterfield (Derbyshire? Staffordshire?). Various shots of men going down a mine to search for the bodies of their fellow workers after an explosion at Markham Pit. Large crowds of people wait for news; Salvation Army woman hand out tea. Smoky shots of bodies being brought up from the mine to be driven off in ambulances. 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 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.