Film of the Aftermath of the Dolgarrog Dam Disaster

Filmed by Mr Pratt [?of Colwyn Bay or Deganwy.]

Film shows well-dressed people inspecting the appalling damage inflicted by the breach of the dam on the village below: houses with enormous holes in walls, masses of boulders strewn around, fast-rushing water, damaged [?pipelines] and other damaged equipment of the Dolgarrog Aluminium Co.

Duration: 4 mins, 12 secs.

[Original film reel donated to Film & Television Archive; DVD provided by them for donor and Conwy Archive Service]

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Gifted to the donor, whose family lost members in the disaster, by the son of the film-maker