| Italian Airliner Crashes In Paris, France | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1625 |
| Catalog #: | 354455 | |
| Clip Number: | 354455-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 029-097-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:23:14 - 00:23:52 | |
| Location: | Paris, France | |
| Year Shot: | 1956 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Air Crashes DISASTERS: Damage / Aftermath LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France, Paris | |
| Description: | Twisted fire-blackened wreckage marks the crash of a new York-bound airliner, seconds after take-off, in which at least 33 perished. Seconds after take off from Morley Field in Paris, a New York bound Italian airliner crashes into three houses near by. Thirty three souls aboard including 14 Americans died in the flaming fire which was fed by 8,000 high octane fuel. Only two passengers survived in critical condition. Establishing shot - Camera pans there is nothing left of the three houses or the airliner that crashed. Just a heap of charred wood and a partial wall of one of the houses that once stood on the grounds. CUS - One of the wheel's of the airliner, twister metal of once was a fuselage. CUS - Debris melted together and smoldering wood. MLS - Rescue worker walking on top of the debris looking for survivors. MS - Back wall of what was once a house. | |
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