News in Brief: Japan Mine Disaster.

Clip: 363355_1_1

Year Shot: 1960 (Actual Year)

Audio: Yes

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1668

Original Film: 033-011-03

HD: N/A

Location: Japan

Timecode: 00:16:06 - 00:17:04

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News in Brief: Japan Mine Disaster. At the Hokkaido colliery in Japan, scene of an underground gas explosion that killed 30 miners outright. Rescue teams bring up 20 survivors from the wrecked shaft. 10 more remain trapped below, behind a mass of rock. Men in helmets with lamps on them, wearing gear, enter mine. Worried-looking Japanese people wait. Men carry victim (survivor) away on stretcher.