Historical Disasters

STORY

HISTORY OF COAL MINING - In 1910 over ten million tons of coal were mined in the United Kingdom. The price? The death of 344 men and boys at the Pretoria Pit near Bolton, England.

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Own the hit movie that everyone's raving about.  Packed with amazing interviews, compelling stories and true accounts, HISTORICAL DISASTERS is a heart felt true story of a tragic event, that crippled a coal mining community.  The movie also features local experts, Dr David Holding and Erwin Bottomley, families of those involved, computer graphic reconstructions and actual pictures of the terrible aftermath.  Shot on location in The National Coal Mining Museum, the movie is the first documentary to investigate the second biggest coal mining disaster in the history of British coal mining and tries to uncover the truth.

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See what it takes to become a coal miner as we venture down a coal mine with Guide Dave Siron and hear his stories about the history of coal mining and how coal mining has evolved up to the present day.

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MOVIE FEATURES
Historical Disasters is one of the most remarkable, ambitious documentaries that Reel Vision Films has ever produced.

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Film running time of 52 minutes, it charts the history of coal mining, diligently and warmly narrated by TV actor Paul Loughran better known as 'Butch Dingle' from Emmerdale and Blue Murder. This DVD was created for people of all ages to look back at the history of coal mining.

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"Imagine yourself down a mine, it's pitch black, there's deadly gas and smoke and your trying to find your way out. This film places you in the middle of the disaster."

-Steve Looker, Director

Amazon.com Customer Review

Compelling Doc, January 15, 2009 By  D Mills "lover" Let me be honest, I am a lover of great documentaries. I've always believed that there is only one way to keep history alive and that is to document it. HISTORICAL DISASTERS (52mins) tells the terrible story of a tragic event that crippled a coal mining community. The movie starts with the history of coal mining, with the documentary film maker (Steve Looker) taking you down a coal mine, then using computer graphic reconstructions the film shows how mining has evolved. The film then moves up a gear to the disaster at the Pretoria Pit (Bolton, England) by the good use of actual pictures of the terrible aftermath, interviewing local experts and families of those involved. "Pretoria Pit was the second biggest coal mining disaster in the history of British mining" as said on the documentary. By making this film the film maker (Steve Looker) is trying to keep the story alive. This DVD is three things, one: very entertaining (its got a good pace and is very involving), two, detailed (an enormous amount of research must have gone into making this film) three: emotive (the DVD left a big question in my mined, politically and emotionally).