| AIR DISASTERS IN NEW YORK & MUNICH KILL 177 Reports of air disasters in New York and Munich | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 8755 |
| Catalog #: | 33330 | |
| Clip Number: | 33330-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 3438 B | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Various | |
| Year Shot: | 1960 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Air Crashes | |
| Description: | AIR DISASTERS IN NEW YORK & MUNICH KILL 177 Reports of air disasters in New York and Munich. DC8 crashing into residential area of Brooklyn. It collided mid-air with a Super-Constellation and took the lives of 128 persons aboard the planes. Six others were killed on the ground. The Munich crash involved US Air Force transport plane and 29 holiday shoppers. Brooklyn, New York, USA Elevated panning GV of street in Brooklyn where DC8 jet crashed, showing fire engines, ambulances, rescue workers, etc. LS hose being used on burning building. GV of damages and wreckage, CU sign: "New York International Airport". LS of bodies being carried on stretchers to ambulances. VS of wreckage, rescuers. LS. MS. Pillar of Fire Church into which the jet crashed. MS. Pan down the church showing damage and debris. 30.53 Staten Island, NY. Various shots of parts of the Super Constellation which crashed in mid-air with the DC8 in Staten Island at the US Army's Miller Field. CU of crash victims' belongings on the ground. LS parts of plane on the ground. 31.21 Munich, West Germany. CU sign saying "Munich". Pan down the church in Munich, the steeple of which hit by a U.S. Air Force transport plane in thick fog. Various shots of clearing up operations in progress. MS. Burned out street car which was hit by the plane. MS. Investigators looking at the street car. | |
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