| Plane Crash: 1 Survives, 26 Die In Blue Ridge Disaster. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1664 |
| Catalog #: | 356523 | |
| Clip Number: | 356523-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 032-088-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:45:14 - 00:46:26 | |
| Location: | Blue Ridge Mountains, USA (probably Virginia) | |
| Year Shot: | 1959 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Air Crashes DISASTERS: Survivors DISASTERS: Victims LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA | |
| Description: | Plane Crash: 1 Survives, 26 Die In Blue Ridge Disaster. An intensive search for an airliner missing with 27 aboard ends just as hope is almost abandoned. The missing craft is found on a densely forested ledge in the Blue Ridge Mountains, with only one aboard still alive, the lone survivor trapped in the wreckage in a 36 hour ordeal. Wreckage of airplane in forested area. Rescue workers carry out injured man (survivor) on stretcher, then also dead bodies. Bodies are loaded into station wagon-type car with emergency vehicle light atop it (not sure if this is real or makeshift ambulance). Glitch in tape in the middle of this clip. | |
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