File:Rescue at Aberfan.jpg
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Rescue_at_Aberfan.jpg (350 × 233 pixels, file size: 28 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary
[edit]Description | The rescue of Susan Robertson (nee Maybank) from the ruins of the school destroyed in the Aberfan disaster. The photograph was taken by Mel Parry, a local press photographer. |
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Author or copyright owner |
Mel Parry |
Source (WP:NFCC#4) | Original publication: 22 October 1966, on the front page of the South Wales Echo Immediate source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/story-behind-haunting-photo-captured-9046640 |
Date of publication | 22 October 1966 |
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | Aberfan disaster |
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | To demonstrate the devastation wrought by the spoil avalanche; to show the chaos of the townsfolk in trying to rescue the children; to show the final rescue achieved - no more children were found alive after this |
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
This has been described by the BBC as "what became the iconic image of the tragedy". As well as appearing on the front page of the South Wales Echo, it was used by news media around the world. |
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | This is used only in one article, in an appropriate position. It is a small version, and only one of two non-free images used in the article. |
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
This is a smaller version than the original, and smaller than the version widely available on the internet. Higher quality copies also appear in books and news media. |
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Aberfan disaster//wiki.riteme.site/wiki/File:Rescue_at_Aberfan.jpgtrue |
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[edit]![]() | This image is a faithful digitisation of a unique historic image, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the person who created the image or the agency employing the person. It is believed that the use of this image may qualify as non-free use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. Please remember that the non-free content criteria require that non-free images on Wikipedia must not "[be] used in a manner that is likely to replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media." Use of historic images from press agencies must only be of a transformative nature, when the image itself is the subject of commentary rather than the event it depicts (which is the original market role, and is not allowed per policy). | ||
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