| Plane Crashes: Series of Air Tragedies Hit U.S. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1627 |
| Catalog #: | 354601 | |
| Clip Number: | 354601-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 030-012-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:14:14 - 00:16:03 | |
| Location: | USA | |
| Year Shot: | 1957 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Air Crashes FIREFIGHTING: Work LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA | |
| Description: | Plane Crashes: Series of Air Tragedies Hit U.S. "3 air tragedies strike the U.S. within 48 hours. At Pacoima, Cal., a transport and jet fighter collide, crashing into a schoolyard, and killing 8, injuring 77 - most of them pupils. In Northern California, a 'flamed-out' jet hits a residential area, damaging 35 homes, but killing only 1. The worst came in New York when a Miami-bound airliner crashed and exploded within seconds after take-off in a blinding snowstorm. 101 were aboard. Twenty were killed, 14 more critically injured." Various shots of wreckage, people walking amid it. At the second location, firefighters still play water hoses, then walk amid the destroyed homes. In New York, snow is falling as rescue workers investigate the disaster scene, remove survivors. Corpses (bodies) covered with blankets lie in the snow. | |
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