| British Worst Train Wreck In Many Years | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1641 |
| Catalog #: | 355273 | |
| Clip Number: | 355273-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 030-100-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:28:57 - 00:29:36 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1957 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Rescues DISASTERS: Train Wrecks DISASTERS: Victims LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | Britain's worst train wreck in years takes nearly a hundred lives, with many more injured in the collision as the train filled with commuters and Christmas shoppers is hit by another passenger train on the outskirts of the city. As the careening cars strike a bridge it collapses on the wreckage in a fog bound nightmare. Establishing shot - In fog-shrouded London just out-side the city you see twisted train rails and a passenger train off the tracks. MCUS - Nighttime, firemen and rescue workers. MS - Rescue workers pulling out an injured passenger on a stretcher. MS - You see the sparks fly as rescue workers cut's into a passenger car with a torch so they can rescue a trapped, injured and maybe some dead passengers. MS - Rescue workers carrying out dead bodies and severely injured passengers. MS - Even though it's dark the reflection of the lights show shadows and images of a twisted, horrifying nightmeirs of a train crash. MS - Rescue workers carrying out a dead body. | |
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