| FRENCH MAIL PLANE CRASH A French mail plane crashes into a factory in Beauvais, France. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5509 |
| Catalog #: | 251698 | |
| Clip Number: | 251698-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 33/93 | |
| Timecode: | 01:46:22 - 01:47:21 | |
| Location: | Beauvais, France. | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Air Crashes LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Mail | |
| Description: | "Beauvais. French mail plane crash. Pilot and wireless operator have wonderful escape by parachute on spot where the R.101 was destroyed." Beauvais, France. Pan across wreckage of crashed airmail plane. Thick fog made the pilots bail out and let the plane crash into whatever it might. Firemen and police are working over the crash site. It appears to have hit trees and a building. Various shots of the wrecked plane and wrecked factory building. The two crewmen escaped by parachuting out. [The R.101 was a British dirigible that crashed in October, 1930, killing almost 50 on board.] | |
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