| NEWS FLASHES - TRAIN CRASH Disaster near Cape Town as two expresses collide head-on. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5796 |
| Catalog #: | 34330 | |
| Clip Number: | 34330-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 57/32 | |
| Timecode: | 01:51:49 - 01:52:24 | |
| Location: | Woodstock, South Africa | |
| Year Shot: | 1957 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Damage / Aftermath DISASTERS: Train Wrecks LOCATIONS/AFRICA: South Africa TRANSPORTATION/RAIL: Passenger | |
| Description: | SOUTH AFRICAN TRAIN CRASH - 19 DEAD Disaster near Cape Town as two expresses collide head-on. Woodstock, South Africa. GV. Showing wrecked coaches just outside Woodstock Station with rescuers standing around. SV. Smashed coach about to be lifted by break down crane. SV. Twisted and smashed bogies lying beside wrecked coach. SCU. Wrecked bogies. SV. A wrecked coach about to be lifted by crane. SCU. Seats inside the wrecked compartment. SV. Wreckage lying around from smashed coaches. GV. End of one of the trains about to be lifted by cranes. GV. Black workers sitting on rails waiting to clean up debris. Nineteen people died in this crash. | |


