The Aberfan Disaster

Witness History

English - October 21, 2016 07:50 - 8 minutes - 4.05 MB - ★★★★★ - 853 ratings
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On 21st October 1966, tragedy struck a village in Wales when a landslide of coal waste engulfed a primary school. 144 people, most of them children, were killed. Rob Walker introduces interviews and reports from the BBC archive to commemorate the disaster.

Photo: Rescue workers trying to reach children trapped in Pantglas Junior school. Credit: Press Association.