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Pioneer Caver Floyd Collins Perishes In Cave Collapse
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keywords: tragedy, caving, caver floyd collins, cave collapse
Synopsis: Pioneer Caver Floyd Collins of Kentucky trapped in a cave collapse finally succumbs to thirst and exposure after fourteen days, three days before a rescue shaft reached his position...(read more)
- Date: 1959
- Duration: 00:03:22
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
Pioneer Caver Floyd Collins Perishes In Cave Collapse
Scenes of the unsuccessful rescue attempt of pioneer cave explorer Floyd Collins trapped in Kentucky Mammoth Cave in 1925. Shows a drawing of the twisted cave tunnel in which Floyd Collins was trapped. Historic footage of the team of men attempting to rescue Floyd Collins. Shows group gathered in prayer near the entrance of the cave.
Using a drawing of the cave on a blackboard, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist William Burke Miller explains how Floyd Collins was trapped and how Collin's body prevented rescuers from reaching the rock that pinned his left foot. William Burke Miller personally made six trips into the cave tunnel taking food to Collins and tools to try to free him.
- Related Titles:
- America's Newsreel 1959
