| 49 Perish In Two Planes Colliding | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1647 |
| Catalog #: | 355529 | |
| Clip Number: | 355529-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 031-033-03 | |
| Timecode: | 00:02:43 - 00:03:31 | |
| Location: | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Year Shot: | 1958 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Air Crashes DISASTERS: Damage / Aftermath DISASTERS: Victims LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Nevada, Las Vegas | |
| Description: | A mid-air collision between a New York bound transport and an Air Force Supersonic jet kills all aboard planes the crash - blamed on overcrowded airplanes, took place in clear skies. This happened 15 miles south of Las Vegas. The two planes collided at 21,000 altitude. When they hit the ground the fuselage and the Transport remained in one piece other wreckage was scattered across a mile of desert. A long shot of smoke and some people gathered in the desert. MCUS - Shows rescuers and firemen walking around the wreckage of two planes, no survivors. Smoking, twisted wreckage of an aftermath of two planes that collided. MCUS - A propeller and a piece of the motor on the ground, smoking. MCUS - Charred and twisted part of a transport plane. CUS - Tires of a plane. CUS - Passenger seat from the transport plane among unrecognizable plane parts. MCUS - Rescue workers carrying a covered up dead person. Air Force personal looking at the aftermath of the plane crash. MS - More Air Force personal carrying another dead person to the awaiting ambulance. MS - Smoking wreckage, crowd of rescue workers. | |
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