Aberfan: The Untold Story

5.0 (2 votes)• 2006• 58m•Released

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Documentary about the tragedy which struck the Welsh mining village of Aberfan in 1966, when a mountain of coal slurry engulfed a school, claiming 144 lives, many of them children.

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Languages: English

Director: Jonathan Jones

Starring Cast: Sean Barrett, Shane Attwooll, Greg Bennett, Alister Cameron, Jim Carter, Alys Davies

Cast

Sean Barrett

Narrator

Shane Attwooll

Tip Campaigner

Greg Bennett

Cliff Minett

Alister Cameron

NCB Counsel

Jim Carter

Lord Robens

Alys Davies

Young Gaynor

Graeme Eton

Harold Wilson

Roger Evans

Enos Sims

Grahame Fox

Tip Campaigner

Morgan James

David Jones

Henry Kingsmill

Paul Davies

Mandy Kingsmill

Paul's mother

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