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Author: Admin | 2025-04-27
Second happens in the post-accident cleanup while Harold Wilson is visiting; everyone becomes quiet to try to hear the sound of any child who might still be buried. This scene became even more eerie when I read about the accident and learned that there were no survivors found after 11 am (the accident itself occurred at 9:15). The shots of villagers desperately digging with their hands, their helmets, anything nearby to try to rescue their children, is absolutely heartbreaking and haunting. They don’t draw too many direct comparisons to the children seen at the beginning of the episode (at least not that I noticed, please tell me if I’m wrong!), but at one point, a man did pick up a copy of the “All Things Bright and Beautiful” songbook that all the children were using as they practiced.One of the most interesting things about this series is how its portrayals of events from decades in the past evoke more recent happenings. When Harold Wilson urged the Queen to visit Aberfan, I could not help but think of Tony Blair urging the Queen to say something about the death of Princess Diana. Tobias Menzies in The Crown. The mayor with his chain of office can be seen on the right. There’s a shot of the Queen writing in her journal while listening to a newscast announcing her message of sympathy to Aberfan that intentionally blurs her for a bit. This indicates that this whole situation isn’t about her or her feelings about the proper role for the queen; this is a horrible incident which is hurting her people and her distance from it isn’t helping. There’s an interesting juxtaposition between the line of female grocery workers in white behind Harold Wilson at the beginning of the episode and the line of female nurses in white at the end of the episode when the Queen visits Aberfan. Haven’t figured out a meaning there, it just stood out to me.In case you were wondering about that giant gold chain that one man wears in some of the Aberfan scenes, that’s the mayor wearing his chain of office. Most British and Irish mayors wear a collar/chain of office, and new ones are still designed for new municipalities. These are worn over normal clothes when on official duties. The little girl who gives the queens flowers “from the remaining children of Aberfan” (my heart broke into a million pieces at that) is wearing a light blue outfit with a notable collar that looks very much like Elizabeth’s own outfits as a child. Line of coffins of victims (Credit: Popperfoto / Getty). The memorial in Aberfan, Wales, today (Credit: Steve Parsons / PA). All Things Bright and BeautifulAll things bright and beautiful,all creatures great and small,all things wise and wonderful,the lord God made them all.Each little flower that opens,each little bird that sings,he made their glowing colours,he made their little wings.The purpleheaded mountain,the river running by,the sunset and the morning,that brightens up the sky. Jesus, Lover
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