| SKY DEATH - 8 ARMY FLIERS DIE IN MYSTERY CRASH (aka PLANE CRASH IN AMERICA) People look at the debris of a wrecked army bomber that fell to earth in Illinois. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6377 | |
| Catalog #: | 53959 | |
| Clip Number: | 53959-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 38/52 | |
| Timecode: | 01:40:56 - 01:41:39 | |
| Location: | Illinois | |
| Year Shot: | 1938 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Air Crashes LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Illinois | |
| Description: | "SKY DEATH - 8 ARMY FLIERS DIE IN MYSTERY CRASH". Illinois, United States of America. Various shots of people wandering about a field, looking at the scattered wrecked pieces of a Douglas army bomber airplane that fell from the sky. Different sections of the plane are strewn across the field. A tattered parachute lies on the ground. Commentator says the crash claimed the lives of three officers and five enlisted men and says it is feared the plane disintegrated in the air. | |
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