| Top News Stories Of 1955 - Air Tragedy | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1612 |
| Catalog #: | 353811 | |
| Clip Number: | 353811-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 028-738-04 | |
| Timecode: | 00:50:50 - 00:51:16 | |
| Location: | Denver, Colorado | |
| Year Shot: | 1955 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Air Crashes DISASTERS: Explosions DISASTERS: Victims LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Colorado, Denver | |
| Description: | Air disasters. 2 Of america's worst shocked the nation. One was sabotage, a time-bomb which killed 44. The other was a crash into a mountain, killing all 66 aboard. The world saw two of the worlds worse air disasters a deliberate act of sabotage where a time bomb took the life’s of 44 souls. The other flight where 66 were killed crashed on the crest of Medicine Bow Mountain. The point of origin was strange because they were going to Denver, Colorado and their common grave yard the Rockies. Establishing shot - An open farm field and then the camera pans to a ripped open air plane tire. The fuselage of the plane blown apart but part of the exit door is partially intact. Establishing shot - 66 souls were killed, parts and pieces of twisted metal strewn about ( at this point you can not make out it was a plane). A truck with a crane on the back to move large parts of the plane and other debris. CUS - Passenger seat from the plane. MCUS - Police and rescue workers carrying a body to lay it besides the other victims. MCUS - To the left rescue volunteers, the fuselage of the plane part of is hooked up to the crane as it tries to move it part of the fuselage gives away. | |
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