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Clips from The Crown (2016) - Aberfan (S03E03)

"Whoa!"
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"- Bevan? - Sir."
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"- Edwards? - Sir."
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"- Phillips? - Sir."
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"Moss?"
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"♪ All things bright and beautiful ♪"
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"Not yet, boy. In assembly. Five minutes."
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"Don't peak too soon."
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"Come on!"
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"Who's supervising today, love?"
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"Eric Ellis. You've just missed him. He's in the canteen."
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"Eric!"
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"What's up? I'm trying to eat my breakfast."
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"- What do you mean? - We should get a safety team up there"
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"- just in case. - You can feel it moving."
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"- Where? - Tip seven."
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"Two lads, we left them to keep an eye on things."
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"- Hush, boys. Be quiet! - Someone should check it out."
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"On your feet, into a line. Alphabetical, please."
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"Quickly and quietly."
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"- Sir! - Jesus Christ!"
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"Under the desks, all of you!"
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"Quickly!"
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"Please, get under the desks! Now!"
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"Sir!"
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"we'd have to go to the open market in central Huddersfield."
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"we'd have to go to neighboring Milnsbridge for the butchers and fishmongers."
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"Then something bigger came along, which changed everything,"
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"and we were told to call it a supermarket."
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"Well, now we have this..."
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"Which is interesting to me for several reasons."
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"It's democratic,"
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"it's modern,"
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"and it changes everything."
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"I'm afraid you're going to have to excuse me."
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"What do we know?"
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"Clear the path!"
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"I'm sorry to interrupt, Your Majesty. Michael."
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"A coal waste tip collapsed and slid into a junior school."
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"It's clear there's been... significant loss of life."
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"I would suggest an immediate response."
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"What kind of response?"
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"A statement of condolence. I've taken the liberty of doing a quick draft."
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"- May I? - Of course."
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""I am shocked and distressed"
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"to learn of the terrible disaster which has taken place at Aberfan."
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"Please convey a message of heartfelt sympathy"
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"and to the families of those who have lost their lives."
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"Downing Street has requested the use of an aircraft of the Queen's flight"
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"so that the PM can visit the site of the tragedy later today."
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"- I assume that's a yes? - Of course."
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"Unless you were planning... to visit today yourself?"
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"- Why would I go? - What a question!"
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"The Crown visits hospitals, Martin, not the scenes of accidents."
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"Thank you, ma'am."
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"Ma'am, there's just one more appointment to confirm today."
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"A four o'clock reception for Sir Leslie Fry."
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"At about eight o'clock this morning,"
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"the local branch of the National Coal Board"
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"received a report"
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"that a depression had formed in tip number seven."
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"What's it doing sinking like that? Isn't it solid?"
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"Apparently not."
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"Not with all the heavy rainfall that they've been having lately."
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"It seems... that all that water"
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"turned enough of the coal waste inside the tip into slurry"
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"to cause the sinkhole."
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"And then about a quarter past nine,"
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"that liquid waste broke free of the tip,"
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"slid down the mountain towards the village."
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"Pantglas Junior School bore the brunt of it; several houses, too."
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"And how much coal was in this tip?"
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"Too much."
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"Three hundred thousand cubic yards."
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"Plus, guidelines suggest"
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"that tips should be no higher than 20 feet tall."
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"Now, this one was over five times that."
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"Who from the Coal Board is there?"
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"The local supervisor, Eric Ellis."
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"We're gonna need someone higher up than that."
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"What about Lord Robens, head of the Coal Board?"
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"He was notified, but he's being invested"
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"as Chancellor of Surrey University today"
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"and saw no reason to postpone the investiture."
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"What?"
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"Make sure he's there by tomorrow morning, will you?"
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"- Yes, sir. - Now we have to be careful."
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"This could turn nasty very quickly."
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"Come on, Harold."
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"This is an accident caused by unprecedented rainfall."
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"- It isn't political. - Everything is political, Andrew."
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"- All the way? - All the way."
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"Sorry, sir. Roads are blocked."
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"People have been arriving to help all day. We might struggle to get through."
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"Then we'll walk."
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"- Prime Minister. - Yeah."
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"Sixty bodies recovered so far."
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"Back to work, everyone!"
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"Another child trapped beneath the wreckage."
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"Mind your step, Prime Minister."
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"I guarantee you..."
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"the highest level independent inquiry into this tragedy."
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"All the necessary powers..."
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"will be given to those in charge to take whatever action they need."
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"Any other tips that are a danger to the public?"
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"I have no intention"
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"of adding to anything I've made in my statement."
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"We've been telling everyone for years those tips were dangerous."
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"It was a disaster waiting to happen, and no one listened."
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"Thirty-six people remain in hospital, 20 bodies have been recovered,"
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"most of them children."
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"No. I-I-I've been at... Caroline's birthday party."
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"But..."
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"Smoke continues to hamper rescue efforts tonight in the village of Aberfan,"
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"South Wales."
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"So far, 67 bodies, mostly children,"
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"have been pulled from the wreckage of Pantglas Junior School,"
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"which was struck by coal waste from a nearby tip."
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"Hope remains for many more still missing,"
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"but work to recover bodies is likely to continue through the night."
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