| THE “ONE IN A MILLION†CHANCE! A steam engine is thrown off the tracks in Wales | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5484 |
| Catalog #: | 253553 | |
| Clip Number: | 253553-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 33/20 | |
| Timecode: | 01:00:12 - 01:01:01 | |
| Location: | Barmouth, Wales. | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Landslides DISASTERS: Train Wrecks LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, Wales TRANSPORTATION/RAIL: Misc | |
| Description: | “Wales. The ‘one in a million’ chance! Landslide strikes passenger train - hurling the engine 100 feet over the cliffs to the rocks below.†Near Barmouth, Wales. Men work to clear soil and rocks from coastal railway line. The train disaster was caused by a landslide. Pan down to other men working and then to the foot of the cliffs to show smashed steam engine laying wrecked on the rocks. Miraculously the passenger coaches were left on the line when the locomotive was swept away. | |
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