Pathe News Item. Issue No. 57/100 (12/12/1957) Six young explorers are rescued from Providence Pot, one of Yorkshire's most dangerous underground caves. Commentary: "Two hundred and fifty expert potholers, enthusiasts who make a hobby of exploring underground caves, gather on Great Whernside mountain. But this is no holiday for them; it's a rescue mission. They are tackling Providence Pot - the entrance to Dow Gill Cave. If they succeed in their task, those ambulances may...

Pathe News Item. Issue No. 57/100 (12/12/1957) Six young explorers are rescued from Providence Pot, one of Yorkshire's most dangerous underground caves. Commentary: "Two hundred and fifty expert potholers, enthusiasts who make a hobby of exploring underground caves, gather on Great Whernside mountain. But this is no holiday for them; it's a rescue mission. They are tackling Providence Pot - the entrance to Dow Gill Cave. If they succeed in their task, those ambulances may be needed. For two girls and four boys from Bradford College are missing somewhere in that 300 foot depth - trapped between the flooded cave bottom a rock fall in the tunnel. Work goes on all day and far into the night to find the six youngsters who tried a descent no experienced potholer would have dreamed of making in winter. And here's one of them, safe and sound - 20 year old Peter Blackburn who was exploring for a way out when the rescuers cleared the rockfall and found him. And here's 19 year old Joan Smith who says, 'We sang, marched and slapped ourselves to keep warm. We weren't frightened'. In fact in was the rescuers who were most anxious - because they knew the dangers of Dow Gill Cave, and they described the rescue as 'the longest and most expensive we've ever done'. 19 year old Michael Cazalet comes to the surface. Like the others he's cold and weary after two and a half days underground, but he's unharmed. And here comes the youngest of the party - 16 year old Christine Woodward. Says Christine, 'We never worried, though it was a bit grim at times'. Say the rescuers, 'It was sheer folly, and the six of them are lucky to be alive!'"