| Worst Air Crash: Tokyo Disaster Takes 133 Lives | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1745 |
| Catalog #: | 426343 | |
| Clip Number: | 426343-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 039-012-03 | |
| Timecode: | 00:22:51 - 00:24:30 | |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Air Crashes DISASTERS: Damage / Aftermath DISASTERS: Victims LOCATIONS/ASIA: Japan, Tokyo | |
| Description: | The worst single plane disaster in history takes the lives of 133 aboard a Japanese airliner as it plunges into Tokyo Bay just seconds away from a landing. The giant American jet was carrying the holiday visitors back from a tour of Japan's famous winter carnival at Hokkaido in the north. Tokyo, Japan Night time where throngs stand looking out on Tokyo Bay. High Angle Shot - Rescuers are walking with a body on a stretcher covered up with a blanket. MS - Parts of the crashed airplane, MS - Part of the window section of the plane. MS - Rescue workers have more bodies on stretchers covered up with blankets. MS - Waterfront warehouse becomes a temporary morgue where relatives come in and identify the remains. CU - A woman looking down at a body. Flowers are placed on top of the make-shift coffin. Medium High Angle - Make-shift casket with flowers placed on top, a man and a woman engaged in conversation. MS - Family members praying for the dearly departed. MS - Search helicopters and boats comb the ocean for bodies. High Angle Shot - Family members standing at the railing looking for bodies and missing members of their families. | |
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