GAUMONT GRAPHIC 423 (fragment) [Main Title]

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  • Title: GAUMONT GRAPHIC 423 (fragment) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1061-06m
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: Newsreel item on the demolition of a colliery chimney, Burnopfield, Durham, March 1915.
  • Description: The chimney is on the colliery site. It falls with a single explosion and men come forward to clear the rubble.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 1061-06m
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 1061-06m)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1915-03
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Gaumont (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Burnopfield Colliery (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: industry, British - primary (object name) engineering, civil, British (object name) demolition, British - safety (object name) 31/3(41) (event) GB, England & Burnopfield, Co Durham <colliery> (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 40 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 1061-06m

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