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Aberfan Coal Slip Disaster. Two surviving children stand at the top of the hill overlooking the miners digging to find children still buried in the slag

Artist: HURN David

Full title: Aberfan Coal Slip Disaster. Two surviving children stand at the top of the hill overlooking the miners digging to find children still buried in the slag. Over one hundred children in the apparent safety of their school were buried under the waste of a sliding coal tip.

GB. WALES. Aberfan Coal Slip Disaster.  Two surviving children stand at the top of the hill overlooking the miners digging to find children still buried in the slag.  Over one hundred children in the apparent safety of their school were buried under the waste of a sliding coal tip. 1966.
Image: © David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru  National Museum Wales

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Art

Item Number

NMW A 57497

Creation/Production

HURN David
Role: Photographer
Date: 1966

Acquisition

Gift, 25/4/2017
Donated by David Hurn, 2017

Techniques

gelatin silver print

Material

Photographic paper

Location

Gallery 08/Gallery 09

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GB. WALES. Aberfan Coal Slip Disaster.  Two surviving children stand at the top of the hill overlooking the miners digging to find children still buried in the slag.  Over one hundred children in the apparent safety of their school were buried under the waste of a sliding coal tip. 1966.
© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru  National Museum Wales
  • GB. WALES. Aberfan Coal Slip Disaster.  Two surviving children stand at the top of the hill overlooking the miners digging to find children still buried in the slag.  Over one hundred children in the apparent safety of their school were buried under the waste of a sliding coal tip. 1966.