| Train Disaster | ||
|---|---|---|
| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1643 |
| Catalog #: | 355335 | |
| Clip Number: | 355335-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 031-002-03 | |
| Timecode: | 00:09:19 - 00:10:09 | |
| Location: | India | |
| Year Shot: | 1958 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Damage / Aftermath DISASTERS: Train Wrecks DISASTERS: Victims LOCATIONS/ASIA: India | |
| Description: | In India, at least 34 die, 90 more are injured when a speeding holiday express rams a standing train, during the pre-dawn hours. A grim salvage task for rescue workers who sift the mangled steel. Establishing shot - Twisted steel, smoke coming from the stack of a huge crane. MS - Mounts of sheets of metal torn away from passenger cars. CUS - The bottom of the train cars almost unrecognizable. MCUS - Rescue workers carrying off dead bodies MS - People standing trying to identify their loved ones. MCUS - Two engines that rammed each other. MCUS - Another view of the buckled and twisted mess of engines. MS - A crane removing the window section of a passenger car. | |
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