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Aberfan, Wales, United Kingdom /

Aberfan is a small coal mining village about eight kilometers south of Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales. In 1966, Pantglas junior school was led by headmistress, Anne Jennings and her 10 teachers. There were 240 pupils. On Friday the 21st of October that year at about 9:15 in the morning, just after th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomson, Andrew, producer
Other Authors: Swain, Madeleine, narrator
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Geelong, Australia : World Wide Entertainment, 2007.
Series:World history in video.
Subjects:
Children.
Coal mine accidents > Wales > Aberfan.
Coal mines and mining > Wales > Aberfan.
Landslides > Wales > Aberfan.
Schools.
Écoles.
Children
Coal mine accidents
Coal mines and mining
Landslides
Schools
Wales > Aberfan
Documentary
Alexander Street Video.
Documentary television programs
Nonfiction television programs
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Documentaires télévisés.
Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Aberfan is a small coal mining village about eight kilometers south of Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales. In 1966, Pantglas junior school was led by headmistress, Anne Jennings and her 10 teachers. There were 240 pupils. On Friday the 21st of October that year at about 9:15 in the morning, just after the children had finished singing All Things Bright and Beautiful at assembly and were heading for their classrooms, waste tip number seven of the local colliery collapsed, slid down Merthyr Mountain and engulfed the school, 20 houses and a farm.
Item Description:Previously released on DVD.
Title from resource description page (viewed Sept. 1, 2011).
Physical Description:1 online resource (5 min.).