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Unissued / unused material. Cresswell Pit Disaster, Cresswell (aka Creswell), near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. MS coal mine pithead workings with smoke rising from them. CU Truck with words - “NCB Internal Cresswell“, pan up to pithead workings. MS Pit Chimney with smoke rising in foreground. MS red cross and sign - “Mine Rescue“. MS Rescue men walking out of building. CU of rescue worker. CU Rescue station ambulance. MS Volunteer workers at the pithead filling sandbags. MS Sandbags being filled. CU & MS sandbags being loaded into truck. CU head shot of miner, pan to head shot of another as they fill sandbags. MS sandbags being loaded onto truck. MS Rescue workers entering shaft (2 shots). MS Cage descending. MS fire extinguishers lined up ready for use. CU Notice announcing pithead service, pan to other notices. Back view miners reading notices. MS Mr. Philip Noel-Baker, Minister of Fuel and Power, with V. Jeffries, Area Superintendent National Coal Board, followed by other officials
