| TWO FRENCH EXPRESS TRAINS COLLIDE Rescue teams move through the wreckage following the collision of two French express trains. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5201 | |
| Catalog #: | 243688 | |
| Clip Number: | 243688-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 616 | |
| Timecode: | 01:56:16 - 01:57:39 | |
| Location: | France, Pont sur Yonne | |
| Year Shot: | 1919 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Train Wrecks LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France | |
| Description: | Pont-Sur-Yonne - French Express Collide - Rescue work at the disaster in which 60 passengers were killed and 100 injured Pont-Sur-Yonne, France. Various shots of the wreckage of steam train, with troops and other rescue workers climbing over debris. LS. Wrecked locomotive with front caved in. WS. Remains of a carriage as rescue worker walks amongst the debris. LS. Wire ropes attached to the remains of the carriage slowly tighten and the carriage tumbles over pan to see wreckage. WS. Rescue workers move amongst the debris. WS. Repeat of shot with large number of rescue workers moving around amongst the wreckage. Trains are just a mess of splinters and mangled metal. (tragedy, destruction) | |
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