| Chicago "EL" Crash: 1 Dead, 25 Injured in Derailment | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1755 |
| Catalog #: | 425573 | |
| Clip Number: | 425573-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 039-099-03 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Chicago, Illinois | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Pedestrians DISASTERS: Damage / Aftermath DISASTERS: Train Wrecks LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Illinois, Chicago | |
| Description: | NO AUDIO Two cars of an elevated train in Chicago are derailed and plunge 30 feet to the ground. One man is killed, 25 are injured. It's the first accident of its kind in over a half century. Track obstruction or a jumped switch may have caused it. Establishing shot - The center and back portion of an Chicago el "train", stopped on the tracks, two workmen standing on the tracks,. CU - Standing on top of the train tracks a sign: Indiana Ave. CU - Back part of the train sticking up over the tracks, the other half is on the ground below. Inspectors and railroad officials examining the tragedy. MS - Taken from Indiana Avenue the CTA train that came off the tracks. MS - The train laying on its side on the street and the crane that pulled it down. MS - The inside of the car and some seats town off its bolts. CU - The smashed up front of the train. CU - The train that plunged off the track's and down on to a car. MS - A crowd of people standing with their umbrellas open looking at the accident scene. CU - The derailed CTA train, and the car it landed on, camera panning up. CU - Same CTA train, underside and a crew of workmen trying to figure out how to clean up the mess without adding to the injuries, CTA train passing accident scene. MS - Under the El tracks, train laying on its side. MS - Crowd of people standing behind a police line in the rain. CU - On the train tracks, part of the train that derailed. CU - Crane gently removing the up-righted train and lowering it to its side on the ground, | |
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