Disasters

BILLION DOLLAR BLAZE Firemen fighting a fire in New York.

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA - SIMPLE FUNERAL The funeral of Lawrence of Arabia also includes library footage of his life and the locations where he spent his final days.

BRUSH FIRES IN US Bush fires in San Fernando Valley, California.

ANTARCTIC RESCUE Navy flying boat and seaplane rescue survivors of crashed Mariner flying boat.

BIG GRANARY BLAZE IN USA Footage of huge granary blaze in Chicago in the United States of America.

WORLD FLASHES - HUNGARY - DANUBE FLOODS In Hungary Danube floods large territories and the Army helps with rescue works.

Warehouse Fire

FOREST FIRE - BREMERTON Navy men are called in to chop down trees in the path of a fire to make a fireproof lane. Bremerton, America (USA).

NEWSBRIEFS - MONTY CRASHES

HOTEL FIRE IN ATLANTA - GEORGIA Hundred people died in fire in Winegoff Hotel in Atlanta .

US WHEAT TRAIN DISASTER Men try to save thirty car loads of wheat after a train crash in Minnesota.

Plane Wreck

AIRCRAFT CRASH AT BLACKBUSHE Many people are killed in a night time plane crash at Blackbushe Airport, Surrey.

Avalanche, Sherpa Guide Party

Warehouse Fire

ZEPPELIN WRECKED NEAR ENFIELD

Auto Wreck Involving Produce Truck

Aerials of Flood Damage

Prevent Forest Fires

TRAGIC FOREST FIRE IN SOUTH OF FRANCE Forest fire in Lavandou, Southern France.

JOHN L LEWIS PRESS CONFERENCE American Miners Leader John L. Lewis holds press conference.

AUSTRALIA HOTEL FIRE An item showing the Charlotte Mountain chalet on fire, and the guests battling with blizzards to walk to safety in the valley. Australia.

ALGERIAN QUAKE LATEST REPORT Orleansville still counting death after earthquake - Mitterand, Interior Minister, visits the town.

WRECKED ZEPPELIN Greek crew examine wreck of German airship they shot down, they pose with German flag.

A PICTURESQUE END American ship; the frigate 'Franklin'; is destroyed by fire.

SNOW STORM Tail-of-winter blizzard blankets America's greatest cities.

SEA INVADES NORFOLK Floods in Norfolk after the sea has broken through the sea walls on the east coast.

ATOMIC MILK Emergency at Windscale atomic plant - milk form surrounding farms contaminated.

VESUVIUS ERUPTS smoking landscape caused by Mount Vesuvius erupting.

COLD STORAGE FIRE IN SYDNEY

HOUSE ON SPRINGS IN RUSSIAN TOWN - ASHKHBAD Tests on newest anti-earthquake spring device fitted underneath a house in Turkmenia.

Fatal One Car Accident

BOMBER COLLIDES WITH SKYSCRAPER Mitchell bomber plane hits Empire State Building in fog.

Prevent Forest Fires

GERMAN PLANE WRECK People look at wreck of German plane on a hillside somewhere in England.

STRANDED Crew of small stranded ship brought ashore by breeches buoy.

VESUVIUS ERUPTING smoking landscape caused by Mount Vesuvius erupting.

RECORD SNOW IN CALIFORNIA Heavy snowfalls create problems on the West Coast of America.

RUBBER FACTORY FIRE In Turin, hundreds of tons of tyres burn through the night in a big rubber factory blaze.

NATIONWIDE TORNADO Devastation in Michigan, Ohio and Massachusetts after tornado.

OIL INFERNO - HUGE FIRE AT LONG BEACH Oil tanks ablaze, close up of firemen, oil field.

STOLEN BRITISH BOMBER CRASHES IN FRANCE Shots of aftermath of plane crash

G.P.O. FIRE AT MOUNT PLEASANT Smoke billowing out of windows

TORPEDO SHIP Footage of damaged ship.

LINCOLNSHIRE FLOODING Armed forces rescue people from floods in Lincolnshire.

RAILWAY DISASTER - AISGILL

EARTHQUAKE IN PERU A Massive Earthquake Hits Peru. People Are Made Homeless by the Shock

DAKOTA CRASH IN SWISS ALPS Dakota crash rescue mission in the Swiss Alps, Switzerland.

FLOOD HAVOC IN RHODESIA Ancient paddle steamers come to rescue when floods wreck rail communications.

MAN VERSUS AVALANCHE IN ROCKIES - PROBLEMS OF THE NEW ROAD Man skiing down mountain, scientists studying avalanches, avalanche in progress.

Prevent Forest Fires

AIR CRASH Airplane Crashes on Autobahn

BRIDGE CRASH IN VANCOUVER - 18 KILLED Collapsed bridge, frogmen & rescuers searching water & wreckage where they rescue bodies.

Flooding in Florida

INVASION SCENES British troops in Holland with German Prisoners of War.

SUEZ CANAL OPEN AGAIN Following a tanker collision, the Suez Canal is open again.

VENEZUELA OIL FIRE Footage of the remains a town destroyed by fire in Venezuela.

WHAT AWFUL WEATHER IN US Bad weather in America - Snow storms in Colorado.

Forest Fire in the Mountains

THE AWFUL AVALANCHE Footage of the damage caused by large avalanches in the Pyrenees.

6 DROWN IN TUG DISASTER The tug Cervia is sunk with the loss of six lives.

Helicopters and Aerials of Smoke

FIRE AT GROSVENOR HOUSE Fireman continue working to put out the last of the blaze that destroyed the top floor of the Grosvenor House Hotel

HURRICANE HITS ATLANTIC Hurricane devastates large areas of America's Atlantic coast - 50.000 homes destroyed.

Fire on Top of Mountain

TRAIN SMASH Train disaster in Manchester, Lancashire.

TRAGEDY MARS R.A.F.A. CONFERENCE During R.A.F. Association conference in Eastbourne RAF plane crashes and 4 people die.

TORNADO HITS LONDON Tornado leaves trail of destruction across London.

GERMAN AIRCRAFT Crashed German Plane with Flyer's Corpse

LATEST TYPE GOTHA BROUGHT DOWN Soldiers look at wrecked German Gotha aeroplane in a field.

COAL COLLIER WRECKED OFF MARGATE Footage of people collecting coal from a grounded tanker on Margate beach in Kent.

Commercial Plane Wreck

WOOL STORE BLAZE - SYDNEY Wool store on fire in Sydney, Australia.

PROBE A-BOMB MISHAP - PLANE CRASHES WITH BOMB ABOARD Plane with atom bomb inside crashes.

FIRE AT MAN'S SHOP IN WEST END

10 RESCUED IN ATLANTIC GALE Lifeboat, manned by volunteers, sets out from liner to rescue 10 from sinking fishing boat.

WORST AIR CRASH The wrecked Globemaster aircraft.

NEWS IN FLASHES - SCOTLAND Drought is Scotland causes Gladhouse Reservoir to dry up.

Plane Wreck

SHELL EXPLOSIONS Bomb Explosions & Damage

EGYPT - ISRAEL BORDER CLASH 38 die, claim Egypt, as rival forces clash at Gaza

MUD AND FLOOD IN ITALY Italians and US troops cope with severe flooding.

THE SCOT'S DYKE ABLAZE IN SOUTHAMPTON WATERS The boat 'Scot's Dyke' on fire in Southampton waters.

EARTHQUAKE IN CHILE Footage of the devastation caused by an earthquake in Chile.

THE BIG GALE Flooding in Dublin Suburbs caused by a huge gale.

FLOODING NEAR PORTSMOUTH Cars driving through floodwater on A325, flooded rural landscape.

BLIZZARD HITS KANSAS CITY Snow blizzard hits Kansas City.

LAND RECLAMATION Drainage schemes and pumping stations help reclaim the land flooded by heavy rain.

ARGENTINE ANTS Ants Plague Australia

JANUARY'S A FROST The snow, freezing conditions, and subsequent thaw bring problems around Britain.

AMERICAN SURVIVORS American soldier survivors of torpedoed transport ship 'Tuscania' in procession.

Fire

OIL MENACE HITS FRENCH BEACHES Workers clean up the beaches hit by oil pollution from Torrey Canyon.

TRAIN WRECK IN US The 'City of San Francisco' crashes in Nevada in the United States of America.

WHITEHAVEN MINE DISASTER Rescue workers at mine where explosion has trapped 107 miners.

GUN SHOOTS SNOW OFF ROCKIES Howitzer gun causes avalanche to disperse build up of snow in Rockies.

Military Aircraft Wreckage

OIL TANKER BLAZE Firefighting tugs tend a burning oil tanker watched by small crowds on Eastbourne seafront.

NATURE GETS TOUGH - HURRICANE INEZ AND FLOODS IN FLORIDA

SAHARA DESERT DROUGHT Dead and Starving Animals

FROGMEN JUMP TO RESCUE Frogmen jump from helicopter to rescue men from sea.

Auto Accident

Helicopters and Aerials of Smoke

CALIFORNIA'S MOVING Footage of large landslip in California in the United States of America.

GUNPOWDER FACTORY EXPLOSION Damage to gunpowder factor and surrounding houses after explosion

Helicopters and Aerials of Smoke

WINTER HITS US Heavy snow in Colorado.

Storm Damage

SPEEDBOAT THRILLS Good Shots of Speedboat Racing - It Ends With One of the Boats Bursts Into Flames

Forest fire

ABLAZE AT SEA ( aka TANKER ABLAZE ) A story showing a ship with a burning cargo of petrol.

FIRE IN USA Fire in Residential Area Burns Many Houses

THE BORA WIND Two deaths and hundreds wounded as Trieste encounters the violent 'Bora' wind

Auto Accident

Severe Earthquake Aftermath

NATION COUNTS COST People trying to salvage priceless treasure of Florence from the food water.

FLOODS IN HOLLAND Material from Dutch newsreel showing floods throughout Holland.

DEXION HOUSES Easy to assemble Dexion houses are sent to help Greek earthquake victims.

TORNADO HITS GERMAN TOWN Tremendous damage caused to houses, flats and cars after freak tornado had struck Pforzheim.

ROCK SLIDE WRECKS POWER PLANT A rock slide at Niagara Falls wrecks part of the famous power station.

THE REBUILT CITY OF ASHKHABAD Images of the rebuilt city of Ashkhabad in Soviet Union after 1948 earthquake.

S.S. ROWAN SURVIVORS survivors of the S.S. (SS) Rowan in Dublin.

WINTER BLOWS HARDEST YET Gales and snow storms around coastal areas of Southern England.

DURHAM CASTLE / FLOODED RIVER VALLEY Shot of Durham castle, and scenes of partially flooded River Thames Valley.

Explosions

TRAGIC PLANE CRASH An item showing the wreckage and debris on a council estate after an aeroplane crashed onto it. Edmonton, Greater London.

CONDEMNED HOUSES IN KILBURN Condemned houses in Kilburn are set on fire by the Fire Brigade.

Forest Fire

Three Car Collision... Drag Race!

TORNADO HITS FORT WORTH Tornado causes great damage at Fort Worth, Texas.

FIRE DAMAGE AT KINGSTON THEATRE People survey damage after fire at Kingston theatre.

SPECTACULAR FIRE IN CHICAGO Huge factory fire in Chicago, many people dead and injured.

BIG LONDON EXPLOSION Footage of the damage caused by gas explosion in the centre of London.

CUXHAVEN - TUG SINKS - 2 DIE Radio operator and Captain's five years old son are drowned when tug "Fairplay I" sinks.

FIRE PREVENTION DEPENDS ON YOU Australian firemen demonstrate their prowess.

DRAMATIC RESCUE OF BOY IN PIT Little boy Benny Hooper is rescued after being trapped down pit.

REFINERY FIRE Fire at Shell Oil Refinery near Rotterdam, Holland.

STORM IN NAPLES Sea lashes the coastline during storm in Naples, Italy.

AVALANCHE KILLS THREE Footage of huge avalanche in Germany.

ROUND THE WORLD VULCAN CRASHES Vulcan bomber crashes at London Airport at the end of its triumphant round the world flight.

RAIL SMASH IN LANCASHIRE Rail crash in Kirby, Lancashire.

RIOTS IN PERU

NOBEL PRIZE FOR UNICEF

THIS IS TRAGEDY Nearly two hundred children buried in mud at landslide at Aberfan, Wales.

Auto Wreck Involving Produce Truck

1500 RENDERED HOMELESS destruction caused by fires in Hartlepool, Cleveland.

CROYDON German freight plane crashes at Croydon.

STROMBOLI ERUPTION The Stromboli volcano erupts in the Mediterranean Sea.

BUSH FIRES IN AUSTRALIA Bush Fires in New South Wales, Eastern Australia - farms and houses in flames.

IN THE TRACK OF THE GREAT CYCLONE the damage caused by a cyclone in USA (U.S.A.) including floods and a ship which has sunk.

GREAT FIRE IN BERLIN A fire at a chemical factory is put out with foam after the water in the firemen's hydrant turns to ice in the frosty weather. Berlin, Germ

WASHINGTON THEATRE DISASTER Theatre after roof collapsed due to weight of snow

BIG TIMBER BLAZE A Huge Fire Burns Away in a Timber Yard in Hackney, London

TO MONTE WITH ALPS Monte Carlo rally drivers continue their drive through Alps.

DISASTER AT HALIFAX Ruins after bombing (?) at Halifax.

COPTERS RESCUE ELEVEN FROM HITLER'S EYRIE An American helicopter is called in to rescue people from a mountain top building in the Alps.

HURRICANE IONE Raging sea, trees blown by wind, flooded streets.

SEARCH FOR CRASHED COMET Frigate 'Wrangler' and fishing boats at sea searching for the comet.

R-38 AIRSHIP SPECIAL the R-38 Airship crash, it includes footage of the wreckage and funerals of the victims.

TROOPSHIP STRANDED Rowing To Stranded Troop Ship

DAKOTA CRASH IN SWISS ALPS Dakota crash rescue mission in the Swiss Alps, Switzerland.

AUSTRALIAN FLOOD HAVOC 24 die as floods sweep along thousand miles of the Queensland and New South Wales coast.

DISASTROUS FLOODS IN GERMANY REEL 1 Aerial view of flooding - houses, buildings & trees surrounded by water.

Prevent Forest Fires - Animated

KENTUCKY Footage of floods in the Kentucky, United States of America.

NOBEL PRIZE FOR UNICEF

ITALIAN SHIP MINED Footage of Italian cargo ship damaged by German mine.

BRITISH EAGLE VISCOUNT CRASH Disturbing images follow a terrible plane crash in Germany.

FOREST FIRES Footage of large scale forest fires in the USA.

STRICKEN CITY Bad flooding in Hamburg, Germany.

THE GREAT NE BLIZZARD Blizzard in North East of USA, fire in New York.

NEWEST SUIT TO FIGHT FIRES Ranger wearing fire-fighting suit, using hose and beaters.

BUSH FIRE Fire in Australian Bush

Process Plate Flames Filling Screen

NAVY DISASTER - SHIP WRECK

EAST COAST GALE DISASTER Various shots during massive floods and gales in Canvey Island and other East Coast towns.

75 MILE PER HOUR WIND An item showing a hurricane on the east coast of America.

ALDERSHOT GALE DAMAGE Scenery for the Aldershot Military Tattoo is in ruins after a gale hit the area.

SHIP COLLISION IN BRITTANY A Greek Ship - the 'Ioannis' - burns after hitting another ship. Several sailors die.

Forest Fire

STORM BATTERED LINER The liner the 'President Harding' in New York after being damaged in a storm at sea.

PYRENEES SKI CAR ACCIDENT Clear-up in France after fatal ski lift accident

BRITISH EAGLE VISCOUNT CRASH Disturbing images follow a terrible plane crash in Germany.

FOUR FOLD TRAIN COLLISION A Staffordshire train diver was killed, and many more deaths were narrowly averted, when four goods trains collided in Hertfordshire.

NOBEL PRIZE FOR UNICEF

USA Footage of the rescue mission for the crash of the Imperial Airways Cavalier, United States of America.

UNARMED VICTIM OF NAZI BOMBER Trinity House ship attacked by German aircraft

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL The wreckage of "Sky Chief"

IRRIGATION IN MEXICO

FIRE ON EMPRESS OF CANADA The Liner ship 'Empress of Canada' catches fire and rolls over in docks at Liverpool.

FLOODS HIT PARIS AREA AFTER HEAVY SNOW Paris is flooded after heavy snow.

MOUNT ETNA ERUPTS Good shots of rocks and lava falling down after Mount Etna erupted. Italy.

MODERN TOWN RAISED FROM EARTHQUAKE DEVASTATION Modern town raised on rubble of 1931 earthquake in New Zealand.

FLOODS IN CALIFORNIA

Military Aircraft Wreckage

MALTA AIR CRASH York troop carrier crashes in Malta with loss of 50 lives.

Prevent Forest Fires

DROUGHT HITS AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK a serious drought in the Australian outback.

USS FORRESTAL BLAZE American aircraft carrier USS Forrestal ablaze at Sea of Tonkin in Vietnam.

HEAVY SNOWSTORMS IN CENTRAL FRANCE Snow covered car, man trying to open gate wedged with snow, snow covered valley.

AIR MAIL PLANE CRASH An air mail plane crashes in North London, narrowly missing several houses.

U.S. Navy Hospital Ship Benevolence Sinks

TIMBER FIRE IN DUBLIN A Fire in a Dublin Timber Yard Causes Thousands of Pounds worth of Damage

FIRE ON THE DOCKS aka FIRE DOCK Huge fire raging on docks.

A FLOODED WORLD! German flood scenes - lots of rushing water and food being hand

TORNADO Ruins of town wrecked by a tornado.

THE EXPERMENT THAT FAILED An experimental flight of a new safety type of monoplane ends in disaster when it crashes in less than a minute.

Prevent Forest Fires

CANADIAN BRIDGE DISASTER 5,000 ton central span of the St. Lawrence Bridge in Canada collapsed and sank in 10 seconds

AIR GHOST - PLANE, MISSING 4 MONTHS, FOUND (aka MISSING PLANE FOUND) The remains of a crashed airliner are found in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Air Force Plane Wreck

BERLIN WALL IN WATER German wall surrounded by water

US MINE DISASTER Crowds wait for news of loved ones after two explosions at a mine in the United States of America.

Damaged Airport Terminal Gate

Train Wreck - 33 National Guard Killed

IN THE PATH OF THE GRET GALE Tree Falls Through Roof in Storm

VESUVIUS ERUPTS smoking landscape caused by Mount Vesuvius erupting.

FLOODS IN ENGLAND

HUNDREDS DIE IN HURRICANE AUDREY Hurricane Audrey causes devastation in Louisiana and Port Arthur.

ALGERIAN QUAKE KILLS 1000 Pictures from Orleansville show devastation following a fierce earthquake.

Flashpoints USA w/Bryant Gumbel & Gwen Ifill - Rescued Pennsylvania Miners (Media Blitz)

Flashpoints USA w/Bryant Gumbel & Gwen Ifill - Rescued Pennsylvania Miners (Media Blitz)

CANVEY ISLAND FLOODS Various shots of Canvey Island during terrible floods.

Explosion at AFB

TORREY CANYON DISASTER Torrey Canyon oil tanker disaster.

TEXAS FLOODS Helicopters taking off to pick up stranded. Stranded leaving helicopters

Prevent Forest Fires

SKY DEATH - 8 ARMY FLIERS DIE IN MYSTERY CRASH (aka PLANE CRASH IN AMERICA) People look at the debris of a wrecked army bomber that fell to earth in Illinois.

RIVER PO FLOODS The overflowing River Po causes bad flooding around Ariano, Italy.

AMERICA - SHIP ON FIRE IN NEW YORK German liner Hanseatic blazes in New York harbour.

ITALY - 29 DIE IN AIR CRASH A Sabena DC 6 plane crashes on a ledge of Mount Terminillo.

SHIP ABLAZE Lebanese freighter is beached after fire at off Eastbourne.

BOMBER COLLIDES WITH SKYSCRAPER Mitchell bomber plane hits Empire State Building in fog.

SWEDISH FLOODS Scenes of severe flooding in northern Sweden.

VICTIMS OF NAZI RUTHLESSNESS A Reception Center is Set up for Seamen Whose Ships are Sunk by the Germans

Rushing Flood Water

VESUVIUS ERUPTS smoke and fire from Mount Vesuvius.

FLOODS IN FRANCE floods in Lyon and Valence

BRITISH EAGLE VISCOUNT CRASH Disturbing images follow a terrible plane crash in Germany.

PUMP UP AND RESCUE A new design of inflatable lifeboat is demonstrated by men of the RNLI.

Military Helicopters

Volcano

Car Accident

LANDSLIDE IN RIO DE JANEIRO (aka BRAZIL FLOOD) Scenes of the destruction left after severe floods and storms in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

AIR CRASH AT BRISTOL AIRPORT Plane crash landed at Bristol airport in fog.

RHODESIAN DROUGHT WORST FOR 20 YEARS One of the worst drought in decades threatens Rhodesia.

RAIN Scenes of in Devon after a summer of severe drought.

DISASTROUS AUSTRALIAN BUSH FIRE Footage of ferocious bush fire in Australia.

Hurricane

BRUSSELS PLANE CRASH Footage of the wreckage of a Belgium mail plane, Brussels, Belgium.

Military Aircraft Wreckage

WWII Planes Crash

BUMP AND THE BUMPER Car bumpers are tested by men who drive cars into each other and a concrete pillar.

GOLD COAST SEA DAMAGE Damage of Gold Coast of Queensland after raging high tides.

Flood Water

CANADIANS IN FLOODS AT SALISBURY Canadian soldiers wade through water up nearly to knees at Salisbury.

IRISH TRAIN DISASTER Crane used to move wrecked locomotive from crash site in Ireland.

Prevent Forest Fires

NEW YORK BREWERY BLOWS UP Scenes of destruction after an explosion at a New York brewery.

THEY PRAY FOR RAIN During disastrous draught Buddhist priests hold special service for rain.

TORNADO SWEEPS THROUGH LOUISIANA (aka LOUISIANA TORNADO) Duplicate of US TORNADO DAMAGE in LNER issue 38/18 with English commentary.

FLOODS IN MAIDENHEAD Good footage of flooded area around the River Thames in Maidenhead.

DISASTERS AT SEA A cargo ship "Liberty" blazes off Cornwall and the U.S. tanker "Pendleton" splits in half.

GERMAN FLOODS Good footage of flooded areas and destruction caused by River Rhine bursting its banks.

RAF FLYING BOAT DISASTER Pictures of crashed seaplane wreck in Italy and funeral in Messina of RAF men killed.

120 MPH IN BROOKLYN, NY (aka 120 MILES AN HOUR) Motor racing scenes from the U.S.A. containing the reputed first filmed accident.

TANKER RESCUE Tanker "Bridgewater" breaks in two in hurricane, crew rescued and taken to Australian port.

TUGS SAVE SINKING SHIP The Norwegian ship Hassel is beached just in time after a channel collision.

MACON SURVIVORS LANDED AT SAN FRANCISCO Macon disaster - survivors on their way to San Francisco and spot where airship crashed.

FLOODS IN ROME

30 SECOND NEWS Los Angeles landslide.

TWO FRENCH EXPRESS TRAINS COLLIDE Rescue teams move through the wreckage following the collision of two French express trains.

STEAMER ON THE ROCKS Passengers and baggage are rescued from the stranded passenger steamer "King Orry" in New Brighton.

GRAND PRIX Lorenzo Bandini is killed in crash during Monaco Grand Prix, race is won by Denny Hulme.

CLOUDBURST IN YORKSHIRE The flooded River Esk washed away a bridge nears Sleight

QUEEN ELIZABETH AGROUND the liner the Queen Elizabeth aground on mudbank.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL Dust storms in the USA.

Accident Scene, Night

TYPHOON HITS WARSHIPS OFF JAPAN Storm scenes as a Typhoon hits carriers and cruisers of Admiral Halsey's Fleet off Okinawa.

SEVEN STONES OIL TANKER DISASTER Cleanup operation gets underway from 'Torrey Canyon' oil tanker disaster in Cornwall.

SUPPLIES PARACHUTED INTO ITALY supplies being parachuted to snow covered parts of Italy.

FIRE AT 200 YEAR OLD FLOUR MILL

SHIP TURNS TURTLE Ship Sunken Upside Down In Harbor

SEARCH FOR MISSING AMERICAN AIRCRAFT Inconclusive footage about the aerial search over the sea for a missing USAF plane.

Fire Watch - Forest Fires

FIGHTING THE FLOODS IN HUNGARY Flooded Danube, Gyor and Budapest, soldiers creating defences, shovelling earth.

THE FINAL THRILL The liner "Aquitania" is freed after being run aground for 26 hours in Southampton, Hampshire.

AFRICAN GRAIN HAND OUT Africans Line Up to Receive Food

TORNADO IN AMERICA Dallas, Texas, hit by a tornado of considerable strength.

BIGGEST DOCKSIDE BLAZE New York's fire services battle with a huge waterfront inferno.

PLANE CRASH - SAN FRANCISCO The wreckage of an airliner in which 5 people died is washed up at San Francisco, America.

U-BOAT WARFARE IN AMERICAN WATERS Group of women and children survivors of the torpedoed Stephano which was attacked in American waters by German U-boat.

SUBMARINE SIDON DISASTER 13 people died when submarine 'Sidon' sank in Portland Harbour.

Flooding in Florida

Flashpoints USA w/Bryant Gumbel & Gwen Ifill - Rescued Pennsylvania Miners (Media Blitz)

GALE DAMAGE IN LANCASHIRE Footage of the damage caused in Lancashire by storms and high winds.

SUBMARINE DISASTER Pictures of the K-5 submarine

THE WAR AT SEA Footage of two cargo ships damaged by German mines off the coast of Britain.

FLOODS IN CHINA The Yellow river floods causing death and destruction in central China.

FIRE in a furniture store in Hull and a barn on a farm in Essex.

EARTHQUAKE SHAKES SAN FRANCISCO

DEATH OF ASCARI Material centred around the death of motor racing driver Alberto Ascari.

Avalanche

HURRICANE SWEEPS U.S.A. A hurricane causes widespread damage to property on the East Coast of America.

Car Wreck

NEERLANDS NIEUWS (aka DUTCH FLOODS) the devastating floods in the reclaimed islands.

A GALLANT "ENTERPRISE" Captain of the sunken ship, "Flying Enterprise", and his rescuers welcomed in Falmouth.

MEXICAN FLOODS A helicopters help save lives in massive floods in Mexico.

JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE An earthquake followed by a tidal wave hits Hokkaido island but casualties are very small

NEW YORK SUBWAY DEATH Two trains collide in a New York subway leaving two dead and forty five injured, rescue teams work in the dark to get them out. America (U

ART SAVED FROM MUSEUM FIRE Fire at New York's Museum of Modern Art, Winthrop Rockefeller helps rescue paintings.

Fire Watch - Forest Fires

ATOMIC MILK Emergency at Windscale atomic plant - milk form surrounding farms contaminated.

VIBRATIONS This item looks at vibrations in various forms and the way they are generated.

BLACKPOOL PIER FIRE A fire blazes at Blackpool's North Pier, leaving the Pavilion Theatre in ruins.

40,000 TONS OF COKE A story about a massive mountain of coke that has caught fire and is likely to burn for a month.

The Flood and the Mountain Cabin

Search Party

SURF SHOW SENSATION Drama and high seas at the surf show in Sydney, Australia.

DROUGHT IN PALESTINE Drought in Palestine destroys crops and forces people to evacuate from their villages.

MOVIE STUNT ACTOR KILLED - ARIZONA

FACTORY FIRE Firefighters at Nighttime Factory Fire

GALE IN CALIFORNIA Footage of the damage caused by strong winds in California in the United States of America.

IN THE PATH OF THE STORM Big storms cause havoc in Britain with ships wrecked and trains derailed.

TERRIBLE MOUNTAIN MISHAP AT SUSTEN 4 men and 4 rescue flyers were badly injured.

SEARCH FOR CRASHED COMET Frigate H.M.S. "Wrangler", Port Azzurro, tug-boat Favilla, wreckage of the Comet.

AIRCRAFT CARRIER DISASTER Fire onboard US aircraft carrier 'Forrestal' kills 129.

THE NAVY IN ACTION OFF NORWAY They Royal Navy bombard the Norwegian Coast and Rescue Polish Sailors from Sinking Ship

ON NEW YEAR'S DAWN GHASTLY TRAIN COLLISION TAKES PLACE IN INDIA

MORRO CASTLE AWAITS HER FATE he tragic liner 'Morro Castle' is taken from New Jersey to Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn, where naval inspectors will survey it. America

RIVER RUNS RIOT The River Severn floods Worcester and surrounding areas, and ducklings have bath in Holland.

HURRICANE BRINGS FLOOD & FAMINE Hurricane 'Janet' brings flood, death and famine to Tampico, Mexico.

CALIFORNIA FLOOD REFUGEES People work to clear dried mud from cars and houses after floods have receded from California.

PARACHUTIST ESCAPES DEATH

Tsunami Hits the Hawaiian Islands - 1946

Forest Fire in the Mountains

HOLLAND - SNOW AND FLOODS Frozen countryside in Holland - severely cold winter.

Prevent Forest Fires - Animated

SMYRNA AFTER THE BURNING - DEVASTATION AND CROWDS FIGHT FOR FOOD Smyrna after Fire: Devastation & Starvation

LE MANS DISASTER 79 people die in the worst tragedy in the history of motor racing.

OIL DISASTER AT AVONMOUTH Massive fire at the Avonmouth oil storage site near Bristol.

Selected Originals - OIL DISASTER FIRE Material related to newsreel story "Oil Disaster At Avonmouth" - 51/73.

H.M.S. WAVE RUNS AGROUND A Royal Navy Minesweeper runs aground in St. Ives.

GIANT BOMBER DOWN IN ATLANTIC B36 crashes in flames into the Atlantic and the search begins for the survivors.

Selected Originals - A GALLANT 'ENTERPRISE' (aka SINKING OF ENTERPRISE) Material relating to newsreel story "A gallant 'Enterprise'" - 52/4

AFTERMATH OF TRAIN CRASH & AIR CAMERA FOOTAGE Scene of Trent Valley rail crash from ground and air.

STOP PRESS A terrible fire engulfs oil refinery works in Texas City, USA.

TRUCULENT DISASTER The submarine HMS Truculent sinks in the Thames Estuary off Sheerness.

Selected Originals - TRUCULENT DISASTER

Selected Originals - PIT DISASTER. Material related to newsreel story "128 Trapped In Pit Disaster" - 50/73.

ALASKAN VOLCANO ERUPTS Mount Spurr erupts over the city of Anchorage.

FLOOD HAVOC IN NEW SOUTH WALES. Heavy rain causes massive floods in towns in Australia.

DISASTER STRIKES CANADA. Town of Rimouski, Quebec, severely damaged by fire.

WINNIPEG'S FLOOD PERIL GROWS. More floods damage Winnipeg, Canada.

WINNIPEG WINS FLOOD BATTLE. Floods begin to recede after creating havoc in large areas of Canada.

WORLD NEWS Volcano eruption at Hawaii

DUTCH SEA RESCUE (aka 'FAUSTUS' WRECKED NEAR HOOK OF HOLLAND) Crewmen are picked up by lifeboat after a freighter crashes through a dyke in Holland.

ITALIAN FLOODS GROW WORSE Terrible floods in the Italian Po Valley create havoc for local people. The Army help out.

JAMAICAN HURRICANE Massive devastation is caused to Jamaica during hurricane.

PUSAN FIRE: 28,000 HOMELESS Twelve hour fire destroys the centre of Korean city of Pusan leaving 28,000 people homeless.

NEBRASKA FLOODS Farm lands and towns after River Loup flooded.

MYSTERY EXPLOSIONS START OIL FIRE A big oil refinery fire in Newark, New Jersey means hard work for firemen.

FOREST FIRE SWEEPS 3 STATES Fire fighters hard at work in the forests of Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico.

WORLD IN CAMERA - An American rail crash causes the death of two 'train hoppers'.

VAST FLOODS COVER STATE. Footage of the ferocious floods in California and Nevada in the United States of America.

Bogota Earthquake

Flames Gut Montreal Store

Hughes Plane Crash

Fires (Reel 4 of 4)

Water/Dams (Can 1 of 2)

Dust Bowl: President Inspects Drought Territory.

12 Perish As Floods Sweep Four States.

News in Brief: Ship Collision.

News in Brief: Blizzard in South and Midwest.

The Stunning Force Of A Gas Explosion

London's Smithfield Market Burns

Navy's Satellite: Vanguard Fails In Second Launching

Heavy Weather: Floods Lash Germany

Vancouver Bridge.

Air Tragedy: British Jet Kills 26 Spectators At Air Show

Locust Plague

Firemen And Police Injured In An Explosion

5 Perish As Homes Collapse

Forest Fire

Flood Water

Northeaster: Storm Takes Heavy Toll On East Coast

Ammunition Explosion

Tornado Disaster: 30 Dead, 270 Injured In Vicksburg Twister

Morocco Riots: Terror Mounts In Revolt Of Arabs

Oil Blaze and Blasts Sweep Town

Air Disaster: 44 Die As Plane Explodes In Air

Jet Crashes Convent.

A Person Is Killed As Ship Is Launched

World Wide News Events / British Sub Raised

42 Cars Pile Up In Train Crash

The Volcano Mauna Loa Erupts

Ship Collision

News in Brief: England, Spectacular Oil Fire.

News in Brief: Atlantic City Fire.

News in Brief: Plane Crash In River.

News in Brief: Africa, African Volcano Erupts.

Nature's Rampage: 224 Die in Tornadoes; Airlift Feeds Cattle.

News in Brief: Dikes Holding Flood

Six Dead, Damage High As Storm

Hundreds Saved In Shipwreck

Indians Pray As Ice Jam Threatens

Floods Take Heavy Toll In Oklahoma

Formosa Hit By 2nd Terrific Earthquake

Spectator Hurt In Sensational Auto Race Crash

Big Blimp Destroyed By Aerial

Tornado Chasing

16,000 SQUARE YARDS ABLAZE Fire-fighters in Berlin attempt to put out blaze covering 16,000 square yards

Universal Newsreels

FLAMING DEATH Coal dust is exploded in a Pittsburgh mine shaft to judge the effect of the explosion.

Oil Tanker Fire in Los Angeles Harbor

African bush fire - Animals flee

Burning Building

Volcano

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - TRAINS IN COLLISION AT LANGLEY

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - TRAIN WRECK AT LOURDES

LIKE A MIGHTY TORCH! Oil burns fiercely and sends flames high into the air - Texas, USA.

FIREPROOF HOUSE A new spray for fire proofing wood is demonstrated in America.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL FIRE

MENACE BY FLOODS Floods cause havoc in Wiltshire and Berkshire.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - RICHMOND FLOODS

COATHAM Tanker ship Athina Livanos ashore at Coatham, near Redcar.

HIGH AND DRY Ocean liner Perisander grounds itself on rocks of Scottish coast.

EPIC OF THE SEA Film of the SS DeBardeleben before it sank in high seas.

Explosions

Fires (Can 3 of 4)

Driving Accident

RESCUE SLED A caterpillar tracked vehicle for travelling across snow covered areas is shown off.

POOR BESY ANN Dutch cargo boat runs aground just off Prawle Point.

A NARROW ESCAPE German oil-tanker "Nord Atlantic" and French passenger steamer "Picard" after they have collided at Gravesend in Kent.

HEROES OF THE GREAT GALE The lifeboat men who braved the gales, pose for the camera.

WONDERFUL ENGINEERING FEAT

A LUCKY ESCAPE Tugs pull the steamer ship 'Jennie' from the damaged Woodside Ferry stage after a crash.

Selected Tornadoes

FRENCH MAIL PLANE CRASH A French mail plane crashes into a factory in Beauvais, France.

Disaster At Sea: Death Toll Heavy In "Lakonia" Fire

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - AIR DISASTER IN SCOTLAND

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - BRITISH PLANE DISASTER IN FRANCE

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL Air liner tragedy at Croydon.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - LIVERPOOL PLANE CRASH

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - PENNSYLVANIA PLANE CRASH

PARIS LABORATORY EXPLOSION Destruction in a Parisian suburb after 3,000 hand grenades explode.

Explosion in Chicago - Mystery explotion at paint factory.

EAST LONDON BLAZE Rubber factory fire at Barking

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - DOCK FIRE AT SOUTHAMPTON

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - FIRE AT MILE END

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - LONDON FIRE

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - PRINTING WORKS ON FIRE

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - BIG FARM FIRE AT WILLINGTON

CHOKING FUMES 'Tiring' work as 20 engines are called to extinguish a fire at a rubber warehouse in Stepney.

TIMBER YARD BLAZE A Fire in the timber yard at North Shields Docks that could be seen 10 miles away.

DEAN STREET BEDDING FACTORY BLAZE West End of London where several engines and 100 firemen are needed to extinguish the blaze.

BERLIN RADIO EXHIBITIION The fire at the German Radio Exhibition.

SAW MILLS FIRE AT DUNSTON Fire in timber yard causes metal roofs to warp in intense heat.

FIRE AT EUSTON STATION Fire destroys parcels office at Euston Station, London.

LONDON WHARF BLAZE Wapping warehouse ablaze - one of he bigger fire in London for many years.

OUR WONDERFUL WEATHER! A heat wave causes forest and heath fires in England.

CIGARETTE OR INCENDIARY? Worthing Pier - seen from the air - after fire in its new pavilion.

7TH PIER FIRE THIS YEAR The famous Royal Victoria Rooms on the Old Pier in Bridlington are destroyed by fire.

FIRE ... AT ITS FULLEST APPALLING GRANDEUR Forest fire in the hills of California, USA.

"FIRE” ... AT ITS FULLEST APPALLING GRANDEUR! (aka APPALING) Shots of a warehous

News in a Nutshell: FLOODS IN TUNIS Images of the flooded streets and houses in Tunis.

FLOODS IN ROME The River Tiber overflows its banks and floods parts of the City and surrounding farmland.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - FLOOD AT AINTREE RACE COURSE

FLOODS IN AUSTRIA Floods in Austrian villages.

FLOODS IN AUSTRIA Water shoots six hundred feet up in the air when released into lake in Austria.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - STEAMER ABLAZE OFF HOLYHEAD

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - ENGLISH TRAWLER WRECKED AT PORTLAND

Hilda Blows Out: Hurricane Leaves Heavyh Destruction

Havoc In Midwest: President Visits Disaster Areas

French Air Show: US Crash Mars World Plane Exhibit

Fires Ravage Riviera: 32,000 Acres Burned as Tourists Flee

"Betsy" Whips Florida: Hurricane Moves On To Gulf Of Mexico

The Big Blackout

ROUND THE HOUSES Le Fami in an Adler, wins the 'round the houses' race on Bray Circuit, Ireland.

Record Storm: U.S. and Europe Hit By Blizzards

Japanese Quake: Fires Follow Shock as Thousands Flee

24-Hour Cycle Race Thrills Spain

Train Crash

Tornado

Drought

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - EXPRESS CRASHES OFF BRIDGE INTO CANAL AT PENNSYLVANIA

EXPRESS TRAIN SMASH London-Edinburgh express train hits a goods train - thankful

FATAL TRAIN CRASH NEAR WARRINGTON Fast London to Blackpool train collided with a local motor train with fatal consequences.

Chemical Blast: Eleven Dead In Series Of Explosions

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - TRAIN WRECK NEAR DURHAM

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - TRAIN SMASH AT SWANLEY JUNCTION

Rio de Janeiro Floods

Airliner Crash: 129 Killed in Tourist Flight

Plane Crash

Typhoon Lashes Island Of Formosa

Airbase Shelled: Soviet Rockets Used In Attack

Sea Crash Survivors In Ireland

Spanish Disaster: Floods Take Heavy Toll

Guam Is Devastated By Roaring Typhoon

Australian Floods

Dramatic Rescue: 2 Year Old Girl Saved From Well

Universal City Film Studio Fire

FLOOD DISASTER Dam Break Damage Reaches $15 Million

Fire: Hundreds Dead In Brussels Store

Storm Clean Up: Thousands Tackle The Big, Big Job

Boston Riot (Roxbury Ghetto)

Thaw Raises Havoc In Vermont

Gale Force Winds Spread Blazes

RANGITIKI SURVIVORS Crew and survivors of New Zealand liner 'Rangitiki' arrive to British port.

S.S. Hanseatic Afire

Blue Angels Plane Crash

Rescue of "Rohilla" Survivors

London Blaze: Worst Fire Since Blitz

Twin Typhoons Strike Japan

Hurricane Inez: Wind And Water Batters Florida

Manhattan Tragedy: City Mourns 12 Firemen

Welsh Tragedy: Hundreds Killed In Slag Avalanche

Welsh Village Mourns

California Inferno: Forest Fires Kill Fourteen

Oil Plant Blast. Louisiana Refinery Swept By Fire.

News in Brief - Famine in India

Hong Kong Disaster: Floods, Landslides Kill Over Eighty

Alaska Floods: Fairbanks Called Disaster Area

News in Brief: Lightship Sinks

Five Alarm Blaze: Toledo Fire Guts Paint Company

President's Cup Regatta

UP AND DOWN THE RAILWAY LINES Veteran steam engines are contrasted with modern streamlined trains in New York.

UP FROM THE DEEP The S.S. Remo is raised in a few hours after a collision

News in Brief: Forest Fires in Northwest

News in Brief: Fire at Montreal Oil Refinery

News in Brief: Volcano Eruption

News in Brief: Forest Fires

Vietnam Air Rescue: Pilot Plucked From Gulf Of Tonkin

Flood Damage In Nebraska

Austrian Disaster; Tyrol Flood Covers Wide Area

Indiana Explosion; Four Killed In Plant Blast

Turkish Disaster: Thousands Killed In Vast Earthqauake

Frigid Europe: New Blizzards Hit Continent

Air Tragedies: 188 Die In Two Kokyo Crashes

Japan Continues To Dig Out

Air Disaster In Turkey

Fire At Sea: Disaster Averted By Crew Heroism

Fire Burns Tons of Wheat

Boats Collide at Pont Notre Dame, 1912

Italian Floods: Wide Area Devastated

Tornadoes Kill 10: Smash Central Florida From Gulf to Coast

Sea Kills Three: Huge Wave Damager Liner In Atlantic

20,000 Flee: Floods And Winds Devastate 4 States

Land Mine Downs Two Planes

Oil Fire; c. 1910s

Spring Havoc: Thaw Triggers Landslide In Japan

Angry Waters Hit Texas And Canada

LONDON'S BIGGEST BLAZE Firemen fight a warehouse fire from a river barge.

REMARKABLE ACCIDENT Shots of a 1300 ton Cargo Steamer turned on its side next to the quay in Newcastle.

PLEASURE STEAMER DISASTER Swimmers dive down under the floating remains of a vessel.

Hong Kong Hails Rain

Cong Blast Billet: Terror Bomb Kills 6 As US Is Denounced

Failed Rocket-Engine Test

Art Restoration: Gigantic Task Begins In Florence

Scuttling of the Essberger Chemist

As Saigon Slept

California Landslide: Earth Movement Blamed; Luxury Homes Crumble

Tornado In Belgium

California Storm: Torrential Rains Force Evacuation

Chicago "EL" Crash: 1 Dead, 25 Injured in Derailment

Aegean Tragedy: Greek Ferry Sinks, Hundreds Lost

Monaco Grand Prix

Of Snow She Sings - SONG OVERLAY - GREAT FOOTAGE

Miracle In California

Fiery Death: Four Killed In Car-Truck Crash

Cape Cod Oil

Tornadoes: 52 Dead as Twisters Rip Illinois Towns

Slides Demolish Homes: Erosion Undermines Hillside Houses

55 Dead: Korean Air Crash Worst in History

Jet Tragedy: 2 Killed, 44 Hurt At Crash Scene

Ocean of Flame: Jets Bomb Tanker to Save Beaches

Bird Rescue from Oil Spill

13 Alarms: Gas Leak Starts Spectacular Fire

Slide Bamage Heavy: Coast Rains Trigger Avalanche Of Mud

Northwest Weather

Holiday Disaster: 48 Die, Billion Loss In 5-State Flood

Two Faces of Nature

Silver Bridge Collapse

P.O. Fire Destroys Christmas Mail

Space Tragedy: Astronauts Die In Apollo Fire

Plane Crash

Consulates Bombed: Blasts Rip Six Yugo Embassies

Worst Blizzard in 18 years Hits Chicago

Flood Aftermath: Death And Damage In Italy

THE LOCUST BATTLE Men battle locusts in Palestine - by stamping on them - and us.

Floods

Fires

Italy Floods

Volcano

Train Wreck

U.S. Oil Company Warehouse Burns

Oil Refinery Fire

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 19) A plague of grasshoppers in Mexico.

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 117) A swarm of locusts.

Brush Fires Destroy Homes in California

AVALANCHE IN THE ALPS Salvaging belongings, clearing snow from inside church, 2 women (one with child) in coffins.

DOGS TRAIN FOR SNOW RESCUE Alsatian dogs train with their handlers to locate a man buried under snow.

MAN TAMES AVALANCHES Snow is cleared from around the Trans Canada Highway in the Glacier National Park.

AVALANCHE ON MOUNT FUJIAMA People die in avalanche on Japan's sacred mountain - Mt. Fujiama.

Rampaging Nature: Mid-West Hard Hit By Spring Disasters

6,000 Flee Hong Kong Avalanche: Quick Work Averts Hong Kong Disaster

Texas Floods

Flood

Fatal Explosion In California

17 Die in Crash: Actual Pictures as Planes Fall in Sea

GUNS SHOOT SNOW OFF ROCKIES Howitzer gun causes avalanche to disperse build up of snow in Rockies.

MAN MADE AVALANCHE IN CANADA Man made avalanche demonstrated.

AIRPLANE CRASH IN SWISS MOUNTAINS Rescue team on the scene of plane crash in the Swiss Alps

CINEVIEWS IN BRIEF (NO. 37) an avalanche in the Bavarian Alps

TRAGIC AVALANCHE IN SWITZERLAND Footage of the devastating effects caused by an avalanche in the Alps, Switzerland.

Pakistani Deaths In Thousands

Avalanche Traps German Skiers

Tragedy In Bali. Thousands die as volcano erupts.

Typhoid Epidemic Sweeps Swiss Resort

Sub Disaster : Nation Mourns 129 Lost In Test

Tornado Smashes Into Michigan

Homes Razed By Wild Fire

Fire Sweeps New Jersey Waterfront

Tragedy At "500" Two Drivers Killed In Racing Classic

Brentwood Homes Collapse

Sky-High Blaze: Fight Fire Atop New York Skyscraper

Yugoslav Floods: Damage Heavy With 10,000 Homeless

Air Rescue: Copters Drop Boats To Victims At Sea

Gales Lash Northern California

Mexican Refugees of Hurricane Beulah

Kennedy In Crash: Senator Recovering from Plane Accident

Record Floods: Thaw And Rains Hit 7 - State Area

Landmark Destroyed: Historic NY Church Gutted by Fire

Storms Lash Europe: wind And Floods Cause Wide Damage-+

250,000 Acres Burn: Forest Fires Range In No. California

Scores Buried: Swiss Avalanche Traps Dam Workers

Tragedy At Sea: Humdreds Rescued From Ship Fire

Planes Collide: Pilots' Skill Avoids Major Disaster

The Water Crisis: New Emergencies Face Drought Areas

Stunt Flier Crashes: Paul Mantz Killed Filming Movie

Bomb Rips United States Embassy

Chile Digs Out After Earthquake: Hundreds Dead In Earthquake

Test Plane Crashes

The Kentucky Derby

San Salvador "Quake" Epidemic Threatens In Wake Of Disaster

No Relief In Sight: US Drought Called Worst In Century

7,000 Die In Floods: US Rushes Aid To Vietnamese

Village Crushed: Townsmen Flee Alps Landslide

Disaster In Vietnam: Blast At Air Base Takes Heavy Toll

Death From The Sky: 30 Die As Plane Dives Into Homes

Floods Hit Europe: Storm Aftermath Damage is Heavy

Fire Ravage Coast: Thousands Fight Widespread Blazer

Showdown in Vietnam

Flood Toll Heavy: Kansas Hard Hit As Colardo Digs Out

Thresher Found - Undersea Cameras Pinpoint Submarine

B-R-R-R! Blizzard Flays Atlantic Coast

Mystery Explosion: Fatal Blast Wrecks Two Boston Hotels

Car and Railroad smash

Pilot Ejects From Plane on Fire

Japan

Burst Dam

Worst Air Crash: Tokyo Disaster Takes 133 Lives

Alaska Digs Out: Rebuilding Begins In Wake Of 'Quake

Mount Etna Erupts Anew

Yesterday's Big Story - The Sinking of the Andrea Doria

Mid - West Floods: 100,000 Affected As Rovers Crest

Floods Sweep On: More Towns Hit As Others Prepare

Jet Clashes In Fiery Ball

21 Die In Fire: Smoke Traps Hotel Victims

N.Y. Blaze Blacks Out Waterfront

Storm Report: Blizzard Hits Wide Area

Air Disaster: 118 Die In Crash Of Canadian Jet

Yesterday's Big Story - A Mitchell bomber had crashed into the side of the Empire State Building at the 79th floor.

19 Dead As Train Plunges Into River

How Good Is Your News Memory?

HURRICANE'S FURY AND GIANT SEAS SWEEP ENGLISH COAST Scores Die As Gales Lash Channel Ships

Quake And Storm: Disaster Take Heavy Toll

Quakes Rock Italy - Tremors Take Heavy Tolls

Forest Inferno: Millions Lost In Coast Blaze

Relief Pushed For Earthquake Survivors

17 Saved In Factory Blaze As Fire Rages

Flaming oil imperils waterfront!

Hundreds Homeless As Cloudburst Hits Fames European Spa

Fire consumes noted landmark!

Army In Quake Zone; Seek Bodies Buried in Tremblor Disaster

Children Fight Forest Fire

Muddy Flood Water

Air Raids Take Heavy Toll

Hell Drivers - Thrill Orientals By Real Smash-Up

Caterpillar Army Ravages Big Area Near Hudson Bay

Amelia Earhart Down In Pacific On Globe Flight

Thousands Homeless In Flood

Crash Hero Describes Wreck

2 Die 11 Hurt, In Crack-Up Of Coast Airliner

Hundreds Flee As Forest Fire Sweeps Canyon

Two Die In Boat Steamer Wreck

Staged accidents with kids hit by car

 

 

Train and Auto Collision

Rain Accident

Rain Accident

 

 

Army Jet Crash

Plane Crashes

Pres. Roosevelt & Gov. Landon At Drought Parley

Huge Death Toll In Unprecedented Mid-West Floods

U.S To Fight 50-Year-Old Mine Blaze

Boys Have Fun As Downpour Inundates City

Freighter Rammed In Harbor

2 Die As Speeding Flyer Jumps Tracks

Sky Spills Death: Five Die as Plane Hits NY Borough

News in Brief: Floods Sweep Seven States.

Nature's Havoc: Floods and Storms Take Enormous Toll.

News in Brief: Canada, Vancouver Waterfront Fire.

News in Brief: 119 Dead In RR Wreck.

News in Brief: Maryland, Train Tragedy.

Sea Epic: Captain Winning Fight to Save Stricken Ship.

News in Brief: California, House with the Creeps.

News in Brief: Colorado, Denver Plane Crash.

Volcanic Death: 2,000 Feared Killed In Philippines Eruption.

Air Disaster: Second Worst in U.S. History Takes 56 Lives.

News in Brief: California, 50 Dead In Plane Crash.

News in Brief: Floods Hit France.

News in Brief: Blaze Injures 25 Firemen.

News in Brief: Seeds For Asia.

News in Brief: Austria, Red Oil Up In Smoke.

Gas Blast. Explosion Damage Reaches $5,000,000.

Truman: President Inspects Midwest Flood Area.

39 Die In Fire. Tragedy Razes Refuge for Children and Aged.

British Submarine Affray Lost With 75 Men Aboard

Floods Peril Ottawa, Canada

Powder Plant Blast Awakes Memories Of The War

Hurricane: Scores Die As Storm Sweeps Caribbean.

Earthquake - Hundreds Die In Ruins Of El Salvador Tremors

Rail Disaster - Death Toll Nears 100 In New Jersey Wreck

One Of The Worst Volcanic Eruptions In Years - Japan

52 Hurt In Train Crash

Air Crash Victims Brought To Safety

Flood in Netherlands; c. 1920

Plane Lost Over Lake Michigan

Appartment Building Explodes 20 Injured

Quake Ravages Inca Capital

80 Die In Air Crash

Envoy Killed Steinhardt And Four Die In Plane Crash

2 Hurt In Railroad Wreck

Speed Ace Hurt As Car Burns

15 Die In East Coast Hurricane

Top News Stories Of 1955 - Deluge Disaster

Niagara Rock Slide

Chicago Midway Air Port Crash - 22 Perish

27,000 Homeless In Pusan Fire Korea

Floods In Japan: 800,000 Homeless In Four-Day Deluge

Earthquake: 1,000 Dead As Temblor Devastates Greek Isles

Flames Gut Warehouse

Atlantic City Hotel Stran A - Blaze

Ocean Grave: 81 Turks Perish - A US Submarine Sinks

Fire Hits Baltimore Waterfront

Grim Aftermath Of A Transport Plane

Twenty Tons Of Tires Go Un In Smoke

Sea Is Cheated: 500 Saved As Ferry Is Sliced In Two

Train Disaster

El Nino Links to Natural Disasters

Hurricane Hugo

Hurricane Andrew

Hurricane Luis

Hurricane Opal

Tornadoes

El Nino

Tornado Touchdown

Tornadoes

Tornado Touchdown

Large Tornado and Damage

Fiery Disaster On East River.

Zambezi Floods And Strong Currents

Record Storms: Half Of Nation Snowed Under

16 Die In Mount Vesuvius Crash.

Heavy Weather England Is Paralyzed By Blizzard

Big Blizzard. Hits Kanas City Missouri

Flood Damage

Chicago Floods

Disaster: 24 Die In French Train Derailment

News in Brief: Oklahoma Floods.

News in Brief: Dallas Floods.

News in Brief: Philippines Mourn Magsaysay.

EARTHQUAKE: Rocks West Coast; Panics Frisco Area.

News in Brief: Tanker Blast Kills 9.

News in Brief: Munitions Blast.

News in Brief: Air Force Hangar Fire.

'thresher' Search: Deep-Diving Craft Arrives For Hunt

News in Brief: Jet Crash.

North West Towns Hit Hard By Floods

Thousands Homeless In Pacific Northwest

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - WRECK OF BESSEMER CITY OFF ST. IVES

Fire

Flooded Building

11 Yale Men Die In Plane Crash

Scores Dead In Tornado

Vegetation Renewal After Forest Fire

Man Walking On Wrecked Ship

Oil Tank Fire

River Rampage

Tornadoes Rip Through Texas

U-I Cameraman Dies Filming Granary Fire.

News in Brief: Texas Floods.

49 Perish In Two Planes Colliding

Nature Strikes France - Flooded Roads To A Snowy Blizzard

Loose Train Crashes No Brakes Crashes Into Train Station

Madagascar Cyclone

Religious Riots Doukhobors In Canada Put 16 Homes To Torch

Tornado-Five Die In Twister On Canadian Border

C1-24 Globe Master Marks The Worlds Worst Plane Disaster

Drought: Colorado Disaster Area As Crops Burn

Sea Drama: 24 Crewmen Saved In Raging Atlantic Gale

19 Perish In West Coast Air Disaster

Top News Stories Of 1955 - Air Tragedy

THE HYDRO-GLIDER The first Hydro-glider in Europe is demonstrated.

NY Subways Crippled By Raging Fire

India Floods

Delta Jet Crashes

Forest Fires Rage In West

Athenia Survivors Reach Homeland Aboard Rescue Ship

Eight People Loose Their Life's In Train Wreck

News in Brief: Tornado Rips Minnesota.

HURRICANE SWEPT FLORIDA Hurricane damage at Fort Lauderdale and Miami.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS IN JOHANNESBURG

LOCUSTS INVASION IN SOUTH TUNISIA

Major Disaster Averted

News in Brief: 10 Airmen Dead In Crash.

119 Die! Trapped in Shaft in Coal Mine Blast.

Drought Crisis: Fire Widespread, Water Supplies Low

Heroic Atlantic Rescue

News in Brief: Building Collapses

Hurricanes

Tornado And Floods Ravage Texas Towns

Airliner Crashes Into House

Forest Fires Range Over Large Area In The Northwest

Mine Explosions Staged To Teach Safety Measures

15 Lost In Hawaii Clipper

The Fury Of "Dora": Hurricane Lashes Atlantic Coast

Dora Aftermath - President Inspects Disaster Area

Houses Collapse: Rains Send Dwellings Sliding Into Street

Storms Sweep Nation: East Is Blanketed By Heavy Snow

Valuable Records Lost As Flames Gut Federal Building

Troops Patrol L.A.: Damage Heavy In Coast Riots

Indian And Pakistan Near Brink of War

Fire Razes $1,800,000 Palace Bought For American Embassy

PALESTINE BOMB OUTRAGE Scenes from the King David Hotel, showing the rescue work in progress after the bomb outrage.

Holocaust: Many Dead In 12 Day Fire

At Sea: Yacht Rescue

Jet Boat Death: Record Attempt Kills Campbel

Daytona 200 Motorcycle Race

Battling Fire On A 1-Thousand Pier

Terror In Aden: Anti-U.N. Riots; Panic in Streets

Massive Passenger Train Wreck

Southern Minnesota Tornadoes

CALIFORNIA FLOODS (aka RAGING TORRENTS IN CALIFORNIA) Dramatic scenes of raging floods in California as the North Hollywood Bridge falls down.

Prevent Forest Fires - Animated

Flames Bar Rescue At Blazing Gusher where 8 Met Death

2 Die In Plane Crash Near Spectators at National Air Races

Fighters Wage Gas War Against Mormon Crickets

Flames Destroy Huge Pier

Brazilian Ship Runs Aground

"Inside the Gates of Soviet Russia." French Film on Famine

3 Die, 100 Hurt, As Gas Blasts Wreck Garage

Air Crash: 29 Killed As Plane Hits California Hill.

News in Brief: Avalanche Of Mud And Water.

News in Brief: Indo-China, Fire Guts Native Quarter.

11 Saved In Airline Crack-Up By Skill Of Rick Merrill

Flaming Death: Second N.J. Air Crash in 38 Days Kills 29.

News in Brief: 38 Dead In Air Crash.

Train Wreck in Germany, c.1920

Earthquake: Scores Die As Temblor Devastates Japanese Island.

TWO BOATS COLLIDE AT 'PONT NOTRE DAME' Workmen unload cargoes from boats which collided in Paris.

FIRE Firemen Fight Flames; Rescue Family (Reenactment)

News in Brief: Oregon, Ship Burns Off Coast.

Express Train Smash, 1914

Survivors of "Empress of Ireland" Disaster, 1914

Earthquake in Sicily; 1914

The Sea Wins: Enterprise Sinks Despite Heroic Fight.

Hero's Welcome: Falmouth Overwhelms Skipper of Enterprise.

News in Brief: Italy Ravaged By Floods.

News in Brief: France, 36 Die In Plane Crash.

Landslide Damages French Village, c. 1920's

West Coast Rain, Mud and Snow Wreak Havoc

News in Brief: Plane Crashes On Army Post.

Flood in England, 1920s

News in Brief: 19 Die In Italian Flood.

Flooded Carnival Grounds; 1920

Korea: UN Planes Continue Blasting Red Targets

Ship Aground off Welsh Coast

Fire Destroys Theatre

Fire Truck with Long Ladder at Fire

Flood Disaster: Kansas and Missouri Damage Hits Billion

Mount Etna Erupts; 1923

Texas Tornado Takes Toll

Rescue: Spanish Town Relieved Snowbound 50 Days

The Collapsed Bridge

Chinese New Year

Forest Fires Blaze Rages Over Jersey Coast Area

Airliner Crash 19 Survive 6 Souls Lost

Storms In Sunnyville Its A Twister

Fire Engulfs Four Story Building

28 Die In Japanese Landslide

Avalanches Make To Order

World-Wide New Events - Japanese Town Burns

Disaster! 26 Die In Amboy Ammunition Blast

Brush With Death

22 Dead In Desert Train Wreck

150 Hurt In Gas Main Explosion

29 Die! Cars Knifed in Half In Long Island Rail Crash:

12 Die In Flood Disaster

2 Dead, 4 Missing In Avalanche

2 Die, 49 Hurt, In Subway Crash

Hawks Dies In Plane Crash

Sea Drama: Graphic Scenes As Airliner Hits Ocean

Earthquake: Scores Dead In Greek Disaster

Baby Dies As A Result Of An Attempted Suicide

The Embassy Train Wreck

Scores Die As Twisters Rip Midwest

Mt. Etna Erupts Comes Alive Again

Stock Exchange Fire In Vienna

17 Die As Airliner Hits Tree

Freak Fire Wrecks Plant

Housing Blast: Bomb Plot Hinted As 25 Die In Germany

Floods Again Wreak Havoc In Northeast

THE COUNTRY UNDERWATER Footage of the countryside after Thames flooding.

Storm Destroys Bungalows

Europe In Grip Of Icy Winter

Chicago Fire.

Six Are Feared Dead In a Skid Row Hotel Fire In Chicago

Typhoon Ravages Japan and Indo China

Flight To Freedom

Charter Transport Plane Crashes 15 Perish

Michigan: General Motors Transmission Plant Burns

Munitions Blast Rips Town

Holiday Tragedy At An Airport Near Amsterdam

Twenty-five Years Ago

Twenty-five Years Ago

Storm Lashes North Of Spain

73 Die In Belgium Air Tragedy

Six Die In Cable Car Crash

23 Die In South Korean Cave-in

Nature's Fury - Thousands Flee Raging Hurricane

83 Die In Irish Plane Crash

Spy Satellite Explodes On Launch

Storm Toll - Damage Heavy, Cleanup begins

Race Of Death - Crackup Mars Grand Prix

Twenty-five Years Ago

Worst Drought In Half-Century Parches Japan

Super-carrier 'Constellation'

Toll Climbs In California Fire Disaster

Major Sea Disasters: Titanic & Lusitania

Museum Fire: Modern Art Worth Millions Rescued. Fire In Museum Of Modern Art.

Ordeal By Fire: 2 - Die, 4 - Trapped In 5-Alarm Blaze

Cuba Tragedy: Kidnap Race Star - 6 Die In Mishap

'Dead' A-Bomb Hits US Town

Sahara Oil.

Loft Fire: Death Toll Of 24 Worst In 12 Years

BLACK BOX RETRIEVER Rusty the Alsatian trains to recover black box in air crashes.

Gas Main Explosion On Broadway

Rail Disaster In Fog

Satellite A Bust: Rocket Blows Up in first US Try

British Worst Train Wreck In Many Years

Fire Sweeps Through The Movie Lot At Universal City

DUKE VISITS FLOOD DISASTER TOWN AND SCAVENGERS AT DUMP Duke of Edinburgh visits flooded town of Pensford; and a Bristol rubbish tip is ransacked.

FLOODS Aftermath of bad floods in Somerset.

Japan Floods: Record Rains Bring National Disaster

Earth Gives Way In Farnworth, England

Tornado: 51 Dead In Wake of Mid-West Twisters

RUSSIAN FREIGHTER SALVAGE Salvage starts on Russian freighter which has run aground.

TRAIN CRASH Wreckage of express train which crashed at Marden, Kent.

BOEING CRASH Emergency services search amongst wreckage of a Boeing 727 which crashed near Gatwick.

British Air Crash Kills Twenty Two.

SOHO FIRE Fireman fight blaze in Soho, London.

Death Toll Mounts: Quake Flatte Yugoslav Town

1947 Snow Cloud Burst

Earthquake: Actual Scenes Of Temblor In Action

Floods Harass Pakistan And India

Rescue Workers In Dramatic Race

Khrushchev Tour: He And Tito Visit Rarthquake Area

Yesterday's Big Story: Great New England Hurricane

Typhoon Toll: Taiwan Hard Hit By Raging Storm

Storm Disaster: Haiti and Cuba Swept By Hurricane

Dam Toll 1,800 -Towns Wiped Out In Night Of Horror

Cameraman Risks Life To Picture Volcanic Eruption

Blizzard Toll Rises In West.

Gas Blast Wrecks Plant

News in Brief: 34 Die In Air Crash.

Hawaii Volcano: Villagers Flee Fiery Torrents.

Coal Mine Explosion

News in Brief: Coal Mine Disaster.

News in Brief: Netherlands Floods.

News in Brief: Japan Mine Disaster.

News in Brief: Hawaii Volcano Razes Village.

News in Brief: Largest Blimp Wrecked.

Grim Reckoning: Tragic Toll In Wake Of Pacific Cataclysm

Tragedy, Thrills, At Indianapolis 500

25 Years Ago - Monteverde brothers, narrowly escape fiery death

Forest Fires Rage Through West

25 Years Ago - Will Rogers and Wiley Post

Floods Devastate Philippines

India Hit By Heavy Floods

Hurricane Donna

Donna Scourges Seaboard

79 Escape Death In Plane Crash

Hurricane Aftermath

61 Die In Boston Airliner Crash

Floods Rip Southern France

Election Day-25 Years Ago

Twenty-five Years Ago

"HELL'S 50 ACRES"

Twenty-five Years Ago

Blizzard Of 1960

Worst Air Crash In History!

Air Force Plane Crashes In Munich

New Carrier Burns

Probe Carrier Fire

Broken Tanker Reaches Port

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS FROM 1960 Disasters

Ships Collide In Bosporus

STORM TOPPLES RADAR TOWER, FEAR 28 DEAD

Missile Failure- Atlas Explodes, Capsule Intact

Hurricane In France

Hollywood Brush Fire

Atlas Explodes On Launching Pad

Train Wreck

Fastest Indianapolis '500'

Cleveland Hit By Flash Floods

Twenty-five Years Ago Today

Tornado Rips Miami

68 Die In Italy Air Disaster

Jet In Peril

Los Angeles Brush Fire

25 Years Ago Today

Sports: Germany, Berlin Grand Prix.

Blast Rips Oregon Town

News in Brief: Hawaii, Hawaiian Hurricane

Harbor Blaze: Chemical Blasts Rock Port of New York

Nature On Rampage: Hurricane in East, Snow in Rockies.

Twenty-five Years Ago

Plane Crash: 1 Survives, 26 Die In Blue Ridge Disaster.

Hurricane Catastrophe in Mexico

Tanker Blaze: 19 Hour Battle Against Disaster.

25 Years Ago: Hotel Fire.

News in Brief: Japan, Yokohama Suburb Shattered By Blast

Chicago Crash: Plane Rams 5 Homes, 11 Die in Holocaust.

Riviera Floods: Hundreds Die As Dam Bursts

Labrador Mercy Mission

Ohio River Has Ice Flows

Flooding In Andalusia

Post War Train Wreck

Circus Disaster: Hundreds Die

Drama At Sea: Crew Rescued In Heroic Feat

Cyclone and Blizzard Hit South West.

100 Die In Netherlands Train Wreck

Slide Wipes Out Peruvian Town

'Echo' Explodes: Blast Destroys Balloon in Space

Billion Dollar Fire: Fight To Control Sahara Gas Blaze

300 Die In German Mine Disaster

Twenty-five Years Ago

Melting Snows Flood Northwest

Wind And Floods Devastate Europe

Plane Tragedy: 95 Die In Jet Tragedy

Storm Havoc Loss Heavy On East

One Man Dies In $8,000,000 Explosion

Japanese Rail Disaster

Space Setback: New Missile Blows Up

Mine Disaster: 37 Trapped By Explosion

Snow Control: Army Guns End Slide Menace

Tornado Hits Connecticut Town

Prison Fire - Montreal Convicts In Flaming Riot

Hindenburg Disaster

The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart

Tragedy In New York: 21 Killed in Boiler Blast

Storms Lash West: Toll Mounts In Wake Of Gale

60 Inch Snowfall: Europe Lashed by Winter Storm

Snow Storm

Freak Blizzard

Libya Rebuilds: Cleanup Begins After Quake

The Tacoma Bridge Collapse

Fires Ravage East 350 Homes Destroyed In New York Area

Yesterday's Big Story - The Battle of Britain

Freighter Burns On British Beach

Italian Airliner Crashes In Paris, France

Crashing Pilot Avoids Disaster

Accidents During Le Mans Classic

India Rail Disaster.

Pier Fire Probed

Ferry Disaster: Argentine Sinking Takes Heavy Toll

Trapped Boys Saved: Lost For 2 Days In Abandoned Mine

The Squalus - Salvage Operation

Canada Mine Disaster.

Plane Hits Tower

Avalanche: Ski Patrol Fights Way To 'Victims'

Sports Highlights Of 1956: Motor Mania.

News In Brief: Oil Fire.

Plane Crashes: Series of Air Tragedies Hit U.S.

Reno Ripped by Violent Gas Blasts.

News in Brief: French Floods

News in Brief: Back Yard Plane Crash.

RR Wreck: Commuter Train Derailed In New York

"Audrey" - Toll Rises In Wake Of Gulf Hurricane

Train Wreck At Medford, Massachusetts

Hurricane Disaster.

Miracle Deliverance

Regatta Tragedy: Driver Killed As Speedboat Crashes

Train Disaster

Blizzard Of '58: Year's Worst Storm Ushers In Spring

Mike Todd Dies.

Missle Mishaps: Fiery Wrecks Light Path Of Progress

California Floods: Disaster Follows Spring Torrents

Somber Spring: Coastal Earthslides, Rains And Floods

Mid-air Collision

Grand Prix Of Belgium - Race Tragedy

Fifteen Million Dollar Oil Blaze

Tragedy Mars Indianapolis Auto Classic

15 Die, 60 Injured: Twister Smashes Kansas Town

Formosa Clash.

Nantucket Crash.

Alpine Floods.

40 Die In Train Wreck.

Storms Rip Eastern U.S., Japan

Carrier Tragedy

French Floods.

News in Brief: Air Tragedy.

Air Crash On Highway.

15 Perish On Yuletide Pilgrim Ship

Floods And Snow Strike Europe Hard.

Ottawa Rocked By Explosion.

Near-catastrophe At Idlewild.

France Is Shaken Internally By Oil Refinery Explosion

Great Lakes Freighter Sinks In Storm

Malibu Blaze.

Chicago School Disaster.

Norfolk Plane Crash.

25 Years Ago Today

25 Years Ago Today

Hong Kong Refugees

25 Years Ago Today

Thousand Homeless, 115 Die in Floods

Air Disaster. New Prop-Jet Crashes in East River; 65 Die

Killer Tornado. 21 Dead, 7 Missing in Stricken St. Louis

Twenty-five Years Ago Today

INDIANA PERILED BY FLOODS

AVALANCHE LOOMS OVER SWISS HAMLET

Crash at Sea

8 Die When Snow-laden Roof Collapses

25 Years Ago Today

9 Dead, 32 Injured When Navy Jet Explodes

Flash Floods Devastate England's Coastal Resorts

London fire

Earthquake Again Rocks California

25 Years Ago Today

News In Brief: Studio Fire

Tanker Blasts: 2 Oil Ships Afire Kill One, Injure 30.

Sea Tragedy: Four Die As Freighter Becomes Flaming Torch.

Earthquake: 11 Perish In South California Temblor

Typhoon Rips Wake Island

Greenland Rescue.

Sports: John Cobb Dies.

Train Wreck: 95 Killed, 200 Hurt In British Disaster

Hurricane: Storm Leaves Trail of Destruction in China (sic - it's actually CUBA)

News in Brief: Indo-China, Typhoon Hits Saigon.

News in Brief: France, French Plane Crash

Indo-China: French Strike Back In Savage Attack.

News in Brief: New York City, Clothes For Korea.

86 Die in Worst Air Disaster.

News in Brief: Italy Floods.

Ship Disaster: Empress Of Canada Destroyed By Fire

Dutch Vessel Carrying 114 Passengers Sink

European Floods: 2,000 Perish As Sea Inundates Lowlands

Bobsledder Dies In World Title Contest

Flood Toll: North Sea Recedes With Havoc In Wake

Close-Up Of Disaster At Sea

Transport Plane Crash Kills 35

New North Sea Storms Brings Disaster

Miami Airlines Crash Landing

Storms Kill 11: Hundreds Injured As Twisters Rip South

In The Delaware River A Pre-Dawn Collision

Tornadoes Rip Midwest And East

Drought: President Speeds Aid After Tour In Texas

Hawaiian Pilot Limps Into San Francisco Harbor

Monsoon Hits Japan Killing 684 People

US Carrier Block Island Air Craft Carrier -Freak Crash

Idlewild Plane Crash, Two Souls Lost, Twenty Five Survive

Train Crash 15 People Injured

Floods Rage On Canada's West Coast

Blaze Razes Los Angeles Rug Factory

Landslide: Part Of Canadian Town Is Buried

Airliner With 74 People Crash, 27 Perish

London: Train Wreck 290 Passengers Aboard

Miracle At Sea: 2,500 Escape Death In Ship Collision

Racer Killed In 3-Car Crack-Up

Torpedoed SS Blairlogie, Survivors

Flames Sweep Beach Resort

Earthquake Rocks India

Flames Gut Morro Castle

Drought Attacks Midwest

Fire Sweeps Stockyards

Camera Thrills Of 1934

3 Die As Fast Trains Crash At Crossing

TRAPPED! 64 Die as Tanker Rams Submarine

HOT OR COLD? U. S. And Canada Hit By Freak Weather

Snow Slides Halt Trains

Fire! 25,000 Homeless After $25,000,000 Blaze

Rescue At Sea

Dramatic Rescue Fails

The Winnipeg Flood Of 1950

Navy Hospital Ship Sunk In Collision

Flames Gut Housing Project

Typhoon Lashes Japan

Pilgrims Die In Air Crash

Weather: Nature Unleashes Fury Around World

Weather On Rampage!

Water, Water Everywhere and Not A Drop to Drink

Avalanche In The Mountains

Storms Of Hurricane Force Lash The Shores Of Spain

Tokyo Covered In Snow

News in Brief: Colorado, 50 Dead In Plane Crash.

News in Brief: New Mexico, Raging Forest Fire.

Sports: Washington, Death Ends Boat Race.

Air Tragedy: 12 Die As Big Bomber Dives on Apartment

News in Brief: Washington, Forest Fires Rage.

News in Brief: 20 Die In Train Wreck.

Sports: Pennsylvania, Spectatcular Auto Crack-up

Army Of Men And Planes Look For Missing Airliner

10 Killed, 1 Saved, In Night Crash Of Sight Seeing Plane

Drouth-Stricken Areas Get Water From Kansas City

4 Hurt As Bridge Collapses

Thousands Homesless As Floods Sweep Wide Areas

Death And Disaster Follow In Path Of Earthquake Horror

Desperate Seach Ends As Posse Finds Ruins of Lost Plane

Bombs Blast Stores

Million Bushels Of Federal Wheat Lost In Fatal Explosion

7 Dead, Many Hurt As Disastrous Floods Leave Wake Of Ruin

Countryside Mourns As 38 Victims Perish In Fatal Mine Blast

Scores Homeless As Mystery Fire Razes Residential Section

International Span Collapses

Banned Water Gives Flames Headway At $1500,000 Casino Blaze

Rescuers Battle To Aid City Engulfed By Mountainous Snows

Three Die, Many Hurt As Oil Tank Explodes

Daring Drivers Crash In Thrilling Auto Race At Speedway Opening

Seven Perish In Flames As Airplane Crashes

Towns Threatened As 4,000 Men Fight Fire

Four Killed As Giant Airliner Hits Hill

Airplane Crash

Scores Hurt In Crash Of Trains

Two Die As Speeding Train Cars

Black Damp Kills Two Miners

Cost Studio Burns

100 Dead in Hotel Disaster

Floods Perills Canal

Thirty Die In Rail Wrecks In W

Rescue Flliers In Winds

Explosion Wrecks City Hall

Steamer Rammed And Sunk

Flood Sweeps Harlem

5 Dead, 8 Hurt In Crack-Up Of TWA Air Liner

22 Hurled To Death As Train Crushes Track

Hurl Troops Against Rebels

2 Miners Rescued After Being Buried Alive For 3 Days

First Pictures Of Richman-Merrill Plane Crack Up

2,000 Homeless As Severe Flood Hits Texas City

Freighter Sinks in Crash During Record NY Fog

Many Lives Lost As Forest Fires Sweep Oregon

Thousands Flee As Record Flood Rages In Texas

Driver Killed As Truck Wrecks Big Steel Bridge

Big Freighter Aground Near Golden Gate

Hundreds Die As Terrific Quake Wipes Out City

Noted Fliers Aid Search For Lost Transport Plane

Transport Plane Crashes Mysteriously

Hundreds Die In Gainesville, GA

Highlights In The News Of 1936

Storm Batters Coast

Highlights In The News Of 1936

Monster Brush fire Threatens Country Homes

Bat Man's Death Mars Meet

Raging Stream Spreads Havoc Over Wide Area

Raging Rivers Pour Havoc On Washington

Disastrous Flood Again Sweeps The Ohio Valley

Clem Sohn's Fall to Death Mars Big French Air Meet

Zeppelin Explodes Scores Dead (Hindenburg)

Zep Survivors Fight For Life As Inquiry Begins

Bat-Wing Man Near Death In 4000-Foot Drop

Missing Airliner Found Smashed On Mountain Peak

Crowds Thrilled As Old Engines Crash in "Suicide Pact"

Grief-torn Kin Wait As Heroes Hunt 152 Mine Blast Victims

Crowds Thrilled As Entire Fire Force Fights $1,000,000 Blaze

Firemen Baffled As $2,000,000

5,000 Made Destitute As Raging Flames Raze Native Homes

Bike Racing Ended As Fire Destroys Famous Velodrome

11 Dead, 54 Injured In Fatal Blaze Raging 35 ft Underground

Residents Fight To Save Homes From Fores Fire Peril

Flames Bar Rescue At Blazing Gusher where 8 Met Death

Boat Explosion

Fleetwing Fire

Plane Crash

Lakewood Chase

Car Two Fatals

Train Derail -Yesterday

Fire

How Good Is Your News Memory?

Crash In Fog Sinks Liner - All Are Saved

TRAIN WRECKAGE Wreckage of German train targeted by Allied bombers.

Explosions in the Country

WORLD NEWS - FLOODS IN ITALY

Fatal Prison Fire

Weather

Fire

Plane Crash

Plane Crash

Plane Crash

Plane Crash

Plane Crash Update

Plane Crash

Plane Recovery

Plane Crash

Home Explosion

Akron Saint Vincent School Fire

Fire - Aftermath

Fire - Aftermath

Train Derailment

Canton Fire

Shoreway Wreck Car in Furniture

Salvation Army: Black Hills Flood

US EAST COAST RAVAGED BY HURRICANE Footage of hurricane battering the east coast of the United States of America.

WASHINGTON AIR SHOW - MID-AIR COLLISION Two bombers collide in mid-air at American air show.

LUDWIGSHAVEN FACTORY EXPLOSION (I.G. FARBEN WORKS) ROLL 2

New York Building Collapses

WITTON ISOLATION HOSPITAL DEMOLISHED

Actual Zeppelin Crash!

TORNADO IN CHICAGO Damaged houses. Wrecked rail truck and car.

GREAT LAKES DISASTER

DROUGHT Sahara Desert

British troops enter deserted German sea coast town & flooded countryside.

Local TV News Segments

BOOMS TO CHECK OIL FIRES New method of confining burning oil slicks using floating booms.

Color footage of hurricanes in progress.

B/W Footage of hurricanes.

Footage of violent hurricane in Jamaica, from...

LONDON EXPRESS CRASH An item showing the wreckage of the express train which crashed into a goods train leaving two people dead. Swindon, Wiltshire.

Tornadoes

“PLUCKED OUT OF THE CLOUDS AND DASHED AGAINST THE SEA” Coverage of the loss of t

House Fires

FIRE BRIGADE AT WAPPING The fire brigade continue to fight the fire that has been burning for days in a warehouse in Wapping. London.

BRAVO ... LONDON’S FIRE FIGHTERS! London firemen work hard to put out blaze at a

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - WHALER SUNK OFF DURBAN

MAIL STEAMER RUNS ASHORE. Mail steamer 'Duke of Lancaster' run ashore in fog.

B/W earthquake (re-creation) footage

Firemen

Hurricane Hugo

Hurricane Hugo

Train Hits Car

TOLL FOR THE BRAVE the Rye lifeboat, 17 crew members died in disaster.

ACUTAL ZEPPELIN CRASH Hindenburg Disaster

Bootlegger's Ship Sinks

FRONT PAGE MEN famines in India. Post-War Famine Relief Effort

FOOD CONFERENCE Herbert Hoover On Hunger

OPERATION LARDER Food Minister Ben Smith speaks about food crisis. Also shots of famine victims in Bengal.

MOUNT ETNA ERUPTS

VOLCANO ERUPTION BELGIAN CONGO Erupting Volcano with lava.

ETNA ERUPTS

VOLCANO ERUPTS AGAIN Volcano erupts from the Kilauea Iki crater on Hawaii.

WORLD NEWS - VOLCANO ERUPTION

BELGIAN AIR LINER DISASTER A Belgian mail plane crashes near Croydon.

FANTASY OF FROST AND FIRE Firemen in Chicago attempting to put large warehouse fire out

A MINIATURE GREAT FIRE The village of Bettmaringen is completely destroyed by fire

WHOLE CITY IN PERIL OF FIRE Fire hoses and huge pipes are used to control a fire.

£200,000 FIRE (short version) Fire devastates Oulton Hall - destroying many old treasures.

LONDON'S FLOOD PERIL Men work to reinforce the wall of the River Thames as the water rises to within 18 inches of the top of it.

BRITAIN ALMOST UNDER WATER People attempt to cope with massive flooding in Kent.

TERRIBLE MINE DISASTER Men gather at coalmine in Scotswood to try and rescue 38 men trapped inside.

WELSH COLLIERY DISASTER Sorrowful scenes at the pit head in Monmouthshire.

THE LUCKY ONES Scenes showing the survivors from the 'Princess Mafalda' in Rio.

A LUCKY ESCAPE Polish training ship 'Iskra' is beached with 50 cadets on board.

IDAHO WON'T GO The liner, "Idaho", gets well and truly stranded ashore in Aberdeen and six tugs fail to move it.

GREAT FIRE IN LONDON Over 1,000 firemen battle a warehouse fire in London.

AIR LINER DISASTER Passenger killed in aeroplane crash off the coast

HAMBLETONIAN TROTTING DERBY Hambletonian trotting Derby in New York.

FORDS WIN 1967 LE MANS Excellent coverage of high-speed antics during the 1967 race at Le Mans

1966 INDIANAPOLIS CRASH A bad crash causes problems at the Indy 500 motor race.

THE KILLER TRACK Two drivers killed in the Indi 500 motor race.

SPEED ON THE FRONT National speed trials at Brighton front.

1-2-3 FERRARI Ferraris win the 1962 Le Mans 24 hour race. France.

THE LAST MILLE MIGLIA Tragedy mars famous Italian car racing classic - which may never be held again.

Selected Originals - 1,100 FLEE FROM FOREST FIRE Material related to newsreel story "1,100 Flee From Forest Fire" - 51/79.

RUSH HOUR TRAGEDY A double-decker bus mounts pavement in Oxford Street - eight people killed and many injured.

BUSES NOT FOR CUBA East German salvage ships work on a sunken ship in Kent. It is laden with buses for Cuba.

GREEK SHIP DISASTER Greek ship 'Heimara' blown up by mine - 300 dead, many wounded - disturbing footage.

NORWEGIAN RAIL CRASH Footage of wreckage after train crash in Norway.

SNOW BOUND TRAIN Passengers saving operation as the snow stops a train at Donner Pass, California.

AN UNWELCOME VISITOR A huge balloon has torn away from its moorings and landed on top of Sir C. Ranson's house.

SCOTTISH STEAMER ON FIRE

OLD SUSSEX LANDMARK Gale demolished ancient windmill.

CITY BUILDING COLLAPSES Scenes following the collapse of a building in London.

NIAGARA CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTIM William 'Red' Hill is killed trying to ride the falls in a rubber barrel.

EPIC OF SEA AND AIR P.N.9 seaplane rescued by United States submarines.

TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT DISASTER (version 2 of 2) Shots of Trans-Atlantic Sikorsky aeroplane shortly before it crashed.

ALMOST A MIRACLE Commander Rogers and the crew of the P.N.91 seaplane are rescued after 10 days adrift.

CATAPULTED AIRMAN SAFE Airmen are rescued by crew of Brixham trawler "Children's Friend" after 13 hours adrift.

LUCK A passenger plane crash-lands into a hedge next to a country road.

A LUCKY NARROW ESCAPE FOR EVERYBODY! A plane filming aerial shots of London crash lands in a back garden in Brixton.

AGAIN THE AIR TAKES TOLL Lives are lost as aeroplane crashes

GREATER LOVE ... Wreckage of a crashed RAF plane. The pilot stayed with his craf

HALF A SHIP The damaged steam ship Nurtureton is towed into port.

IN PERIL BY THE SEA! Coastal erosion causes the collapse of the foundations of a

COURTAULD RESCUED Augustine Courtauld is collected from Arctic research station

TWO SHIPS RUN ASHORE (aka FOG - THE SEAMAN'S WORST ENEMY) Two ships run ashore just off the Cornish coast as result of thick fog

RALEIGH SURVIVORS HOME The survivors of the "Raleigh" arrive back in Liverpool on the pacific liner "Montrose"

A LUCKY ESCAPE The ship "Metagama" collides with cargo steamer on the Clyde.

IN SUNNY JUNE The SS (S.S.) Nivelle after it has been driven ashore by unseasonal weather

WRECKED IN 60 MILE AN HOUR GALE the stranded steamer Amble and of the crew who were rescued in Alnmouth.

AGAIN THE SEA TAKES TOLL unsuccessful rescue effort to save crew of S.4 submarine. Also floods in Kent.

FOG - THE SEAMAN'S WORST ENEMY The trawler 'Sarah' and SS President are seen after running ashore on the rocky Northumbrian coast in dense fog.

AUTUMN'S FIRST WRECK S.S. Mellanear runs aground on the rocks at Land's End, Cornwall.

THE SEA IN A FURY The Belgian steamer "Mona" is saved in a storm by skill of her crew.

AGAIN THE SEA TAKES A TOLL steamer "Eltham" wrecked on Cornish coast, all 11 crew are missing.

THE TRAGEDY OF THE VESTRIS Footage of the dazed survivors rescued from British liner 'Vestris', which sank off American coast.

TERRIBLE PIT DISASTER A rescue party attempts to reach trapped miners after a pit disaster in Falkirk.

LANDSLIDE AT BRAY HEAD A derailed mail train stops near the edge of a cliff in Bray, Ireland.

ADOLF VENNER IN THE NICK OF TIME The Captain and crew of the "Adolf Venner" are saved by being winched across to land.

MUSIC HALL FIRE Scenes of the destruction caused by the fire at the Kingston Empire.

BUSINESS AS USUAL People carry on through the flood.

A TOWN MENACED Landslide threatens promenade to destroy the promenade in Boulogne, France.

CARDIFF AFTER THE FIRE Fire destroys a fruit and vegetable market in Cardiff.

PAINT WAREHOUSE ABLAZE London Fire Brigade puts out warehouse fire without loss of life.

ABLAZE FROM STEM TO STERN Ship, S. S. Falcon, burns off Dover, lifeboat rescues crew.

MURREN - FAMOUS WINTER SPORTS PLAYGROUND Famous ski resort swept by forest fire.

BIG WORKHOUSE FIRE A look at the destruction caused by a fire in large Victorian workhouse.

£40,000 DAMAGE The results of a fire at Blackpool's North Pier Pavilion are shown as the charred structure is hosed by firemen.

COLLIERY DISASTER miners at Pendleton Colliery in Lancashire where 8 were killed in disaster.

CHANNEL FOG COLLISION Shots of the damaged ships after a collision in the fog.

HUGE OIL BLAZE A tank of paraffin burning fiercely in the middle of an oil depot can be seen for miles around.

BIG FIRE AT GLASGOW Warehouse fire

WELL DONE LEEDS A convoy of lorries takes relief goods to Fleetwood.

THE GREAT THAW The snow begins to thaw causing floods all over Britain.

LEAKY LONDON Roads are damaged during the 18th water pipe burst in a month at Lancaster Gate, London.

THE THAMES IN FULL FLOOD The river Thames bursts its banks flooding the streets of Maidenhead

BIG FIRE AT HULL Huge warehouse fire in Hull is brought under control by firemen

WINTER’S BEAUTIFUL BUT ... ICY MANTLE Wintery scenes in Northumberland and flood

FLOODS IN FRANCE Areas near Paris suffer from bad floods.

WHAT WEATHER!!! Heavy rain in Yorkshire has led to large floods in town and coun

HAVOC OF THE STORM Heavy rain has caused a slag heap to slip into the village of

CHANNEL FOG TRAGEDY The Russian training ship, 'Tovarisch', is seen after a collision in fog with the Italian steamer 'Alcantara'.

SCOTTISH COLLIERY DISASTER Mining disaster at the Stirling Coalfield

A LUCKY ESCAPE Pit head collapses in Glasgow wrecking wagons and winding gear, luckily no one is hurt.

136 MINERS KILLED The flag at a Ruhr coalmine is flown at half mast in memory of 136 miners killed in explosion.

PEACE HATH HER HEROES Welsh Colliery disaster: rescue teams emerge from pit.

TERRIBLE COLLIERY DISASTER Awful pit explosion in Germany kills more than 250 pe

AGAIN "KING COAL" TAKES TOLL An explosion in a coal mine in Cumbria claims 28 lives. Corpses are carried from the pit.

LANCASHIRE PIT DISASTER Bleak shots of coal mining community after 19 lives are

AGAIN KING COAL TAKES TOLL! Shots of the coal mine in Ashton-in-Makerfield where

A LUCKY ESCAPE Many men help to clear the railway line after a landslide has blocked the way in Wales.

BIG LANDSLIDE IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT A look at the aftermath of a large landslide on the Undercliffe.

AVALANCHE OF HUGE BOULDERS Avalanche in Switzerland damaged Simplon railway line.

GREAT LANDSLIDE A landslide of 140,000 tons of rock leaves houses perilously near the cliff edge.

A FLOATING FURNACE A liner ship - Empress of Scotland - is burnt out in Blyth.

“LONDON’S SMARTEST” ... - (AND THAT’S SAYING SOMETHING!) Good shots of London fi

WALLPAPER FACTORY BLAZE A wallpaper factory blazes and disintegrates in Chiswick.

£250,000 FIRE DISASTER Massive disaster in Hull as fire wreck St. Andrew's docks

CROSS CHANNEL OUTBOARD RACE FIASCO Outboard motor boat racing across the English Channel

POTHOLE RESCUE Six young explorers are rescued from Providence Pot underground caves in Yorkshire.

CARRIER ABLAZE Firemen battle to save workers when warship 'Constellation' catches fire in New York. USA.

UNLUCKY TRIAL TRIP German liner the "Europa" runs ashore on a mudbank at Hamburg.

THE LAST SAD JOURNEY The coffin of one of the U.S. victims of the R-38 airship crash is carried onboard ship for the journey home.

A STAUNCH SHIP AND BRITISH SEAMANSHIP At the Liverpool Docks we see the damaged liner ship 'Montrose', brought home after a collision with an iceberg.

THE GALE'S PRANK The trawler, "Paramount", is thrown against the harbour pier at Ramsgate, one life is lost.

ASHORE ON THE GOODWINS Item showing the Ramsgate lifeboat coming to the aid of a stranded trawler across an extremely rough sea.

"A NEAR THING" An RAF biplane makes a forced landing in Hyde Park after flying low over Buckingham Palace.

Selected Originals - FIRE ABOARD U.S. CARRIER Material relating to newsreel story "Fire Aboard U.S. Carrier" - 52/70.

YOUR WORLD IN NINE MINUTES - SHIP WRECK American ship "Helena Modjeska"

DAMAGED LUXURY LINER 'MICHELANGELO' IN NEW YORK Passengers from the damaged liner 'Michelangelo' disembark at New York

DOUBLE SHIPWRECK OFF HOOK OF HOLLAND Double shipwreck off Hook of Holland - Greek and Dutch ship ran aground.

TRAGEDY FOLLOWS TRAGEDY Plane carrying film of the Assassination of Yugoslavian King Alexander I crashes in Atlantic.

TANKER LIMPS INTO HARBOUR Various shots of the damaged tanker "Edenmore" moving slowly into Falmouth Harbour.

FLOODS SWEEP POLISH FARMS Polish floods - thousands of farms flooded as Vistula river overflows.

IN A SECOND OF TIME! Massive factory explosion in Germany causes terrible devast

PEACE HATH HER HEROES NO LESS RENOWNED THAN WAR A gas explosion destroys houses

LIKE “NO MAN’S LAND” A massive explosion in a chemical factory in Mitcham devast

NEWCASTLE - FIRE Firemen battle intense flames at granary

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - HAYSTACKS ON FIRE

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - GUN FIRE IN EAST END

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - LONDON FACTORY FIRE

NIPPY WORK! London fire brigade work quickly to put out fire in Lyons Corner House

GREAT FIRE IN CHICAGO Images of one of the worst ever fires at Chicago Stockyards.

COVENT GARDEN BLAZE Warehouse burns at Covent Garden.

BIG LONDON FIRE Hammersmith tire factory in flames - 300 firemen fighting it.

SMART WORK! London firemen hard at work putting out fire in the heart of the Wes

WHAT A CARELESS SMOKER CAN DO! A discarded cigarette butt sets fire to Southport

CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA (NO. 101) At Yaroslav Russia firemen demonstrating putting out fire with new type oil fire extinguisher.

ITALIAN DAM HAVOC 150 are killed and hundreds of houses swept away following a dam disaster in Orba Valley.

JAPANESE FLOODS Natural disasters in Japan - earthquake in Sizuoka and flooding in Osaka.

FLOODS IN U.S. Floods follow the hurricane in Southern Florida.

ENGLAND FLOODED Heavy rain has caused countryside in many parts of England to be completely flooded. It also caused a landslide which derailed a train in Winchf

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - FLOODS IN NORTH WALES

SOUTH AFRICA FLOODS Floods in South Africa

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - DISASTROUS FLOODS IN THE FEN COUNTRY

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - NORWEGIAN CARGO BOAT AGROUND AT GRAVESEND

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - STEAMER SINKS IN THE THAMES

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - SURVIVORS OF THE FRENCH TRAWLER AT ROTHERHITHE

WRECKED COLLIER IN BOTANY BAY Shipwreck in Botany Bay, Australia.

DRAMA - GREEK SAILORS RESCUED (aka SEA DRAMA GREEK SAILORS RESCUED) Greek sailors rescued from sinking ship off American coast.

Selected Originals - FREAK WEATHER Material relating to newsreel story "Freak Weather" - 52/27.

POTHOLE RESCUE After being trapped for days, some of the underground explorers are brought to safety.

Selected Originals - ALASKAN VOLCANO ERRUPTS - 53/55 Material relating to newsreel story "Alaskan Volcano erupts" - 53/55

THRILLS A'PLENTY! Motorcar hill climb event near Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

DISASTER FOLLOWS SUCCESS The speedboat 'Miss Britain III' bursts into flames after successful run.

INTERNATIONAL GRAND PRIX Motor racing around the streets of Limerick in Ireland.

CITY OF TERROR Lives are lost as fires sweep through Los Angeles during race riots. America.

CHERBOURG - PARIS EXPRESS WRECKED Terrible crash of a express train as it derails and flies off a bridge in France.

VICTIMS OF A PLANE CRASH IN ICELAND Wreck of crashed plane + plus funerals of American airmen killed in crash.

LARGE OIL FIRE People fighting huge oil fire.

B24 SHOT DOWN US bombers raid Japanese held islands in Pacific - American newsreel item.

CAR THROUGH BARRIER Car crashes through barrier.

WILD WEATHER EVERYWHERE Extreme winter weather is seen in Britain and Norway.

MUNITION FACTORY DISASTER A look at the devastation caused by an explosion in a munitions factory.

LUCK! A 10 ton lorry smashes into the front of Barclays Bank in Gateshead.

FOREST FIRE IN AUSTRALIA Bush fire in Victoria destroys many homes, Australian army called in to help.

ATHENIA SURVIVORS GO HOME survivors of the Athenia boarding ship to return home

OCEAN ERUPTION Volcano erupts in Atlantic Ocean.

MANCHESTER BLITZED Night bombing destroys shops, houses and damages the cathedral.

BOWMAN-MAPLES FIRE Firemen work to control blaze in large store.

EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO Earthquake causes fire, death and homelessness in Mexico.

FIRE AT SEA Passenger ship "Orungal" in flames off coast of Australia.

FOREST OF FLAMES A large forest fire in New Jersey.

BIG MELBOURNE BLAZE Melbourne firemen fight fire at rubber tyre dump.

FLOUR MILL BLAZE Fire in a flour mill - firemen and mill workers fighting blaze.

'SESSA' SURVIVORS IN ICELAND Three crewmen from the 'Sessa' survived on a raft for nearly 3 weeks before being rescued.

PRINCESS VICTORIA SURVIVORS Survivors from "Princess Victoria" are well looked after at seamen's home at a British port.

LONDON'S BIGGEST BLITZ Night shots of massive fires + clearing up and rescue work the next morning.

COWES WEEK Yachting scenes from the Isle of Wight - the ship Endeavour is damaged.

THE NAVY'S WONDER SHIP Battleship Nelson goes aground off Portsmouth but is successfully plunged back.

NEW JERSEY TRAIN CRASH Footage of the wreckage of a train crash in New Jersey, America (USA).

ANTARCTIC RESCUE DASH The ship "Discovery II" leaves to search for airmen Lincoln Ellsworth and Hollick Kenyon, they are both found safe and well. Melbourne, Au

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - LAST VOYAGE OF L'ANTLANTIQUE

“PIER CLOSED FOR REPAIRS” A sailing barge crashed into Southend Pier causing ext

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - THE HINDENBURG CRASHES

Hindenburg Crashes - dramatic shots

CINEVIEWS IN BRIEF (NO. 37) an avalanche in the Bavarian Alps

NEW YORK DISASTER Scenes of New York bus crash - many people died in the accident.

HURRICANE HAVOC! Terrible weather in America causes floods and washed out bridges.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - HURRICANE IN U.S.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - HURRICANE DAMAGE IN AMERICA

CLOUDBURST IN BARKING Barking after the storm.

BRITAIN GOES DRY! Concerns are raised as a village in Berkshire runs short of a water supply.

SERIOUS DROUGHT IN SOUTH AFRICA Scenes of a severe drought in South Africa.

EARTHQUAKE SPOTTER A seismograph is demonstrated at the Ximenian Observatory in Florence.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - FATAL EXPLOSION AT NEWCASTLE

TEXAS TRAGEDY - EXPLOSION WRECKS SCHOOL A school explosion in Texas kills 500 - mostly pupils.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - BREWERY FIRE AT BRISBANE

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - WAREHOUSE FIRE AT ELEPHANT AND CASTLE

FIRE IN FINSBURY Burning warehouse in Finsbury put out in half an hour.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - FIRE AT KENT ARMAMENTS FACTORY

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - BIG TIMBER BLAZE IN OLD KENT ROAD

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - FIRE ON SS IRISH AT MILLWALL DOCKS

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - FIRE AT FINE ART PUBLISHERS AT FINSBURY

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - FIRE IN BERLIN'S UNDERGROUND RAILWAY

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - OIL CAKE MILLS AT HULL BURNT OUT

AMERICAN RUBBER FACTORY FIRE A fire in an American tire and rubber factory sends up plumes of acrid, black smoke.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - QUEENSWOOD GIRLS' SCHOOL FIRE

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - FIRE IN SOHO

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - BIG WAREHOUSE BLAZE

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - FACTORY FIRE

MINE DISASTER IN WALES Most terrible colliery disaster since the war happened at Gresford near Wrexham.

PIT DISASTER NEAR BARNSLEY Pit Disaster near Barnsley & Florida Hurricane.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - DUCKMANTON COLLIERY DISASTER

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - PIT DISASTER AT STOKE ON TRENT

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - MOUNTAIN RESCUE IN BAVARIA

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - CLIFF FALL AT DOVER

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - LANDSLIDE AT FOLKESTONE

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - RICHMOND HILL SURREY STILL SLIPPING

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - LANDSLIDE IN BUDAPEST

TRAWLER DISASTER AT HULL (NEWS IN A NUTSHELL) Fishing boat, 'Edgar Wallace', sinks near coast killing 13 crew members.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL Dutch ship stuck under Westminster Bridge.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - BURNING STEAMER SINKS

WRECK OFF HOLY ISLAND An item showing the coastal steamer "Grosvenor" which ran aground in heavy seas. Holy Island, Northumbria.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - DAMAGED COLLIER AT SOUTH SHIELDS

QUEEN OF SAIL AGROUND The Windjammer 'Herzogin Cecilie' runs aground

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - GRAIN SHIP ON ROCKS

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - TABLE BAY SHIPWRECK

WORST SNOW STORM FOR 50 YEARS! Snow and floods create problems all over the UK.

HOLED FORE AND AFT! A steamer is wrecked on rocks off the coast of Scotland.

EVERY MAN STUCK TO THE SHIP Burnt out wreckage of steamer 'Porthcawl' after fire at sea.

"THE MERSEY GRAVEYARD" CLAIMS YET ANOTHER VICTIM The ship 'Architect' is wrecked on sandbank in the River Mersey.

"OLYMPIC" RAMS LIGHTSHIP Liner "Olympic" cuts right through the lightship "Nantucket" in a dense fog.

News in a Nutshell: WRECK OF THE "QUEENSMOOR" British cargo ship 'Queenmoor' (aka Queensmoor) is wrecked off the coast of South Africa.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - SHIPWRECK OFF THE CALIFORNIAN COAST

THE “ONE IN A MILLION” CHANCE! A steam engine is thrown off the tracks in Wales

FATAL TRAIN COLLISION A train crash in London kills 5 when an Express hits a loc

LEVEL CROSSING SMASH Train disaster at Wormley - train collided with lorry, four coaches wrecked.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - TRAIN WRECK NEAR SALFORD

LONDON TRAIN SMASH Two trains collided near Battersea Park Station.

SCOTTISH TRAIN DISASTER Teams at work to rescue survivors at site of horrific train crash at Castle Cary.

RAILWAY COLLISION NEAR BEDFORD Scenes of the wreckage of two steam trains after a crash near Bedford.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - PLANE CRASH AT DOVER

NEW LIGHT PLANE New light plane crashes during demonstration to public - pilot only bruised.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - PICCARD'S BALLOON DESTROYED BY FIRE

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - AMY MOLLISON CRASHES AT ORPINGTON

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - CROYDON AIRPLANE CRASH

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - SURREY AIR LINER CRASHES

PLANE SAFETY Airplane flying by radio location finding - early radar?

RUNAWAY TRAIN Dramatic pictures of a tram which has crashed 30 feet down into a ballroom, no-one is injured.

5000 HOUSES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED IN RECENT TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE

"Titanic" & Lusitania Disaster shots

WAR EPIC OF THE AIR Captain of sunken ships thanks RAF pilot for rescuing them.

HEARD THREE MILES AWAY Much damage is done but no lives are lost when steamer "Torchbearer" crashes into German steamer "Ibis" in dense fog on the river Tyne.

SAVED FROM THE DEEP the crew saved at Clacton in Essex and of the rough sea that caused the accident.

GREAT GALES BLOW OUT THE OLD YEAR Ships are badly damaged and beach due to the storms over the New Year

GERMAN DIVING DEVICE A metal diving suit from Germany is being used to help search for victims of M.1 submarine.

A LUCKY ESCAPE Footage of the French steamer, 'Gap', that had run aground on the Cornish coast and her rescued crew.

HOLIDAY MAKERS SEE AMAZING TRIPLE ESCAPE The SS Augsberg is seen being towed to safety after collisions with an Italian Steamer and Dover Pier in the heat haze.

THE SEA IN A FURY Cuts (rushes, out takes) The Belgian steamer "Mona" is saved in a storm by skill of her crew.

AGAIN THE SEA TAKES TOLL Norwegian steamer "Haarfagre" runs aground on rocks off the Northumbrian coast.

ARCTIC BRITAIN The Thames freezes over and boats come back frozen during arctic conditions in Britain.

STEAMERS COLLIDE A collision causes a massive hole in the side of a ship.

HEAT HAZE COLLISION Heat haze causes Russian ship to collide with British ship, just off Dover.

IN DENSEST CHANNEL FOG FOR YEARS Dense Channel fog causes S. S. Kurdistan to collide with French steamer Cassard.

OUR FINE FIRE FIGHTERS Fire fighters put out a blaze which destroys a building in Drayton Park.

FLOUR WAREHOUSE BLAZE Fire-fighters tackle a blaze in a flour factory.

COMPLETELY WRECKED BY FIRE A Mississippi paddleboat has been wrecked by fire.

BLAZING OIL TANKER A fire on a blazing oil tanker in New York is put out.

THE WRECKED SHENANDOAH Dramatic footage of the wrecked airship Shenandoah a few hours after it has crashed in Ohio.

POLAR AIRSHIP "ITALIA" LOST Odd story, mostly intertitles, about the lost polar airship, Italia. Reconstruction sequence of rescue of crew, using models.

WHAT WAS THE CAUSE British air ministry experts investigate the crash site of the R-101 airship.

ALL IN FIVE MINUTES Scenes of devastation following a typhoon in St. Louis.

CLOUDBURST IN GERMANY! Heavy rain in Bavaria blocks roads and causes chaos.

BIRMINGHAM STRUCK BY A TORNADO! Houses and shops in Birmingham hit by freak wind

SEA! SEA! THOU MIGHTY MONSTER Gales create huge waves which batter the coastline of Britain causing problems for shipping.

A WHOLE TOWN WIPED OUT Damage inflicted in Cuba and Japan by tremendous winds an

THE PERIL OF THE DROUGHT During the heatwave burning crops and haystacks are tackled by fire fighters in an effort to save food supplies.

(WHEN THE EARTH TREMBLED) - Cuts from story about devastating earthquake in

A CITY WIPED OUT ... THOUSANDS DEAD! Managua - capital of Nicaragua - is flatten

KING EDWARD VII HOSPITAL ABLAZE Scenes after a fire at the King Edward VII Hospital in Windsor.

RIVERSIDE TIMBERYARD BLAZE Firemen fight to put out the blaze of a riverside timber yard in Kingston.

RUBBER WAREHOUSE BLAZE London's fire fighters put out blaze at warehouse which makes rubber.

GUTTED IN A FEW HOURS A three storey building in Salford is completely destroyed by fire.

13 GIRL VICTIMS Police investigate the aftermath of an explosion in a factory.

THE GAS PERIL A gas explosion results in loss of life and total destruction of three houses in Liverpool.

TNT EXPLOSION Devastating blast demolishes buildings.

WORLDS WORST EXPLOSION Lightning strikes an ammunition depot causing devastation, death and injury.

GREAT GAS FACTORY EXPLOSION Cylinders of gas explode in a factory causing great fire and destruction to surrounding area.

LIKE A LAND MINE Footage of devastation caused by bomb explosion

LOCKED IN THE ICE Channel through frozen Baltic sea is made by exploding the ice.

FATE! The ship 'Oregon Star' slowly burns out after a two day fire.

IN THE "CITY DANGER ZONE" The London Fire Brigade hard at work with their hoses,

LONDON’S FIRE FIGHTERS Firemen show of their skills in a mock rescue from a blaz

LUXURY LINER GUTTED! Fire destroys the liner ship ‘Bermuda’ in dock in Belfast.

FIRST ON THE SCENE ... FIRST ON THE SCREEN! Pathe film night time fire in fog bo

DISASTROUS FIRE (CUTS)

MADAME TUSSAUDS Madame Tussauds wax works is completely destroyed by fire.

70K FIRE A fire destroys a varnish works and paper factory in London causing £70,000 damage.

WHILE THE BLAZE WAS AT ITS HEIGHT WHILE THE BLAZE WAS AT ITS HEIGHT 13/07/1925 412.08

SHIP TURNS TURTLE The S.S. Pizarro keels over onto its side putting out the fire onboard.

BUNGALOW TOWN ABLAZE A devastating fire in Shoreham is filmed at night, we see the wrecked houses the next day.

£300,000 FIRE £300,000 worth of damage is caused by a fire in a skin factory

FLAMES GO 60 FEET HIGH A fire in a rubber toy factory produced flames and smoke 60 feet high, firemen fight the blaze.

FLOODS IN PARIS A look at the devastation caused by flooding in the French capital.

PARIS IN PERIL Citizens are evacuated as flood levels reach lamp post height.

TORRENTIAL RAINS Floods in Singapore leave people waist deep in water, many were drowned and property lost.

WATER WATER EVERYWHERE Version 1 Flooding disrupts life in Britain.

MILES OF FLOODS Flooded railway track in Vietnam.

FOG - THE SEAMEN'S WORST ENEMY Greek steamer "Archangelos" runs straight into rocks at Coverack during foggy weather.

BRITISH SUBMARINE DISASTER Other submarines return to port after making every effort to find the lost H-47.

STEAMER ABLAZE French steamer ablaze in Liverpool docks

IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM the "Frida", Swedish steamer damaged by storms.

HEROES OF THE STORM The crew of the "Manchester Regiment" return after rescuing men from sinking steamer "Volumnia".

A TRAGEDY OF THE THAMES A liner runs into a tug on the River Thames with the los

TRUE TO THE BRITISH TRADITION! Scenes of a British ship - The Roumelian - beache

A STRANGE ACCIDENT Oil tanker 'British Commander' crashed into a bridge Nr. Live

A LITTLE BEDRAGGLED FLAG Yes - it is a shot of a little bedraggled flag - markin

TRAIN DISASTER SCENES AT KILLESTER scenes of damaged steam trains at Killester.

A TRAGIC WEEKEND the debris following train crash

KINGS LANGLEY 60 TON ENGINE steam train on embankment after derailment

RIVIERA EXPRESS CRASH A train crashes on the French Riviera killing 3 Britons and injuring others.

CUP FINAL TRAIN SMASH Four are killed and many injured in a train crash at Euston.

A LUCKY ESCAPE Derailed coal trucks cause a lot of damage but luckily no one is injured.

ANOTHER FRENCH TRAIN SMASH the wreck of the Basle - Paris Express train in Noisy-Le-Sec.

1931’s FIRST RAILWAY ACCIDENT Wreckage of crashed steam train in Carlisle.

SCOTCH EXPRESS WRECKED Steam train ‘The Royal Scot’ crashes in Bedfordshire kill

HOLIDAY SEASON TRAIN DISASTER A train crash in Essex kills 2 and injures many on

PASSENGER TRAIN DISASTER Remains of a wrecked railway train in Staffordshire.

MOUNT ETNA DISASTER 100,000 people are left homeless when Mount Etna erupts in Sicily.

VESUVIUS ACTIVE AGAIN Lava flows and smoke coming from Italian volcano, Vesuvius.

ETNA IN ERUPTION More footage of the damage done by the eruption of Mount Etna.

PHEW Various shots of fields on fire during the heat wave.

SPRINGS BITTER JOKE Ship aground off mainland, Scotland.

LUCK ! CRANE COLLAPSES A crane collapses on a London construction site, luckily causing only minor damage.

THE GREAT GALE A large crane collapses into a London street and hits a taxi.

SETTING THE THAMES ON FIRE 2,500 gallons of petrol are poured into the Thames and set alight during oil danger tests by Port of London Authority.

FLAMES THAT BROUGHT FORTUNE A gas geyser spurts fierce flames and smoke.

RESERVOIR BURSTS ITS BANKS Trees are uprooted and cars wrecked after a reservoir burst its banks costing 5 lives.

RESERVOIR BURSTS Reservoir bursts after bad weather causing extensive damage to villages around Keighley.

WATER SPOUT IN LONDON Burst water mains on the Strand is a real spectacle

AIR TAXI DISASTER A cross channel planes crashed near Gravesend killing 6.

FRENCH AIR LINER Aeroplane crashes into haystack, pilot and 2 passengers are killed.

FIRST ON THE SCENE FIRST ON THE SCREEN wreckage of a German airliner which crashed in Limpsfield, Surrey.

ALCOCK AND BROWN Pictures from Ireland of Alcock and Brown and their plane after non stop transatlantic flight.

DELUGE OVER BRITAIN Vast areas under flood water after weekend downpour.

“PER ARDUA AD ASTRA” - A Royal Air Force biplane has crashed in Yorkshire.

“LUCK!” A pilot escapes after crashing his plane into a house in Hampstead.

SHENANDOAH Giant American airship survives a trip in bad weather - a look at some of the damage.

R101’S FIRST ANNIVERSARY Flowers are laid at the site of the crash of the R101 a

Selected Originals - TANGIWAI RAIL CRASH Material relating to newsreel story "Tangiwai Rail Crash" - 54/3.

Selected Originals - PRESIDENT TRUMAN VISITS OHIO FLOOD AREA (aka NEWS IN FLASHES - PRESIDENT SEES FLOODS) Material relating to newsreel story "President Truman

Selected Originals - HOLLAND - THE DYKES ARE CLOSED Material relating to newsreel story "Holland - The Dykes are Closed' - 53/88

AERIAL CYCLISTS Drama as one of the Metelrich brothers is injured during their high wire cycle act

TRUCULENT RETURNS TO PORT. The sunk submarine HMS Truculent is salvaged by 2 German lifting ships.

Selected Originals - WINNIPEG WINS FLOOD BATTLE. Material related to newsreel story "Winnipeg Wins Flood Battle" - 50/44.

Selected Originals - TRUMAN SEES US FLOODS Material related to newsreel story "Truman Sees US Floods" - 51/60.

SMALL CARS, BIG SPEEDS Fastest small cars in the world race against clock over 'measured mile' in Florida.

PLANE CRASH HEROES Biplane crashes into Jamaica Bay, fortunately the US Navy crash crew rescues the pilots.

IN TOBRUK HARBOUR Sailors from British warship explore wreck of Italian cruiser "San Giorgio".

DRAMA OF THE SEA WITH A HAPPY ENDING Three masted schooner runs aground off the coast

TRAGIC SPEEDWAY CAR CRASH IN AUSTRALIA A motor racing car crashes into the crowd in Penrith, Australia.

RAID VICTIMS REACH AUSTRALIA Survivors of ships sunk by German warships in the Pacific arrive at an Australian port.

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Captain Courtney and the crew of the Dornier-Napier Whale seaplane are rescued in the Mid-Atlantic.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - RESCUED MINERS IN NOVA SCOTIA

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL A car crash kills the wife of the Austrian Chancellor.

SIR ROSS SMITH The tragic death of Ross Smith in airplane crash.

REMEMBER - SAFETY FIRST - ALWAYS Minister of Transport appeals for safer roads.

MR. PARRY THOMAS Parry Thomas is killed trying for the land speed record

FLOODS IN GERMANY REEL 2 People rowing in the streets, being rescued, receiving supplies.

HAVOC OF THE GREAT GALE The treacherously rough seas caused by gales take their toll as ships get stranded around the coast of England.

A VERY NEAR THING A. H. C. Rowson has lucky escape when his autogiro turns over in a sudden gust of wind as he comes in to land.

THE LAST ACT OF A GREAT TRAGEDY Body of polar balloonist Dr Andree who died on e

Selected Originals - THIS IS TRAGEDY - ABERFAN DISASTER Nearly two hundred children buried in mud at landslide

PATHE NEWS - 21 YEARS OLD

OUT OF THE JAWS OF DEATH 5 miners are rescued after being trapped for 9 days in Falkirk.

IN THE NICK OF TIME Very brief shots relating to the rescue of the crew of the Dornier-Whale Flying Boat in the Atlantic.

ANOTHER TRANSATLANTIC PLANE CRASH The aircraft 'American Legion' is seen before its tragic flight.

EXPRESS TRAIN BLOWN UP An explosion on a German railway line is blamed on politi

A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FROM DEATH Scenes at Pendine Sands as Signor Foresti crashes his car.

TREVESSA HEROES ARRIVE HOME Captain Foster and his crew are welcomed by their families after 3 weeks in open boats.

THREE SPACE MEN DIE IN APOLLO TEST

THE HERO OF THE “POSEIDON” A survivor of the sinking of the HMS Poseidon visits

GRAHAM HILL IN HOSPITAL Racing driver Graham Hill in hospital after breaking both legs in US Grand Prix.

Selected Originals - CAMPBELL'S CRACK UP Material relating to newsreel story "Campbell's Crack Up"

WEYMOUTH BLIMP Item showing wreckage of world's largest air balloon after it collided with a hangar. America.

Selected originals - FATAL FIRE Material relating to newsreel story "Fatal Fire"

Selected originals - A CITY DIES Material relating to newsreel story - "A City Dies"

CAMPBELL'S CRACK UP Footage of Donald Campbell's attempt at land speed record before crash in Utah.

CAMPBELL' S CRACK-UP Footage of Donald Campbell's attempt at land speed record before crash in Utah.

Organizing Search Party

FAMINE FOLLOWS DROUGHT Aid is promised to people of Kenya after famine follows drought.

IS WORLD GETTING WARMER? Snowbound Britain suffers.

SUSSEX DOWNS RANGER A working day of Sussex Downs Ranger.

AIR RESCUE PRACTISE PUT TO THE TEST. Paratroops practice reaching a crash site quickly to help out in Canada.

PALESTINE BOMB OUTRAGE Palestine Bomb Outrage.

CRISIS IN CYPRUS British troops arrive to keep apart some of the fighting groups in Cyprus.

SANDSTORM IN EGYPT Soldiers clearing snow during sandstorm in Egyptian desert.

Selected Originals - BAILEY BRIDGE COLLAPSES. Material related to newsreel story "Bailey Bridge Collapses" - 50/51.

TOUGHEST TERRIERS The Territorial Army on their tough training exercise.

AMMO TRAIN BLOWS UP Officers inspect wreckage from ammunition explosion on freight train.

TORNADO DAMAGE IN NORTHERN FRANCE Tornado damage to houses and a church.

Selected Originals - DISASTER IN THE ALPS. Material related to newsreel story "Disaster in the Alps" - 51/8.

ATOM BOMB AFTERMATH Aerial views of the devastation left by the atom bomb in Japan.

AIR SHOW SPRINGS BIG SURPRISES Footage of the Le Bourget in Paris, France.

NEWS FROM AMERICA California. Forest Fires wreck havoc.

PARIS - STRAIGHT UP PLANE CRASH Hawker VTO crashed on demonstration flight at Air Show.

WORLD'S FASTEST PLANE CRASHES The Bell X-2, fastest and highest plane in the world, crashes in California.

NEWS TAKES THE AIR - AIR SEA RESCUE Demonstration by Air Sea Rescue Service at Leuchars; WRAF girls are rescued by helicopter.

CRIPPLED JET LANDS SAFELY Boeing 707 jet makes emergency landing at Idlewild Airport.

PLANE CRASH A British Britannia aircraft crashes in Yugoslavia.

Selected Originals - RACE TO SALVE BRITANNIA Material relating to story "Race to Salve Britannia" - 54/12

COMETS NOW SHOW PROFIT Comet aircraft are built, tested and flown after government loan has been repaid.

TRUMAN SEES US FLOODS President Truman takes a flying visit to Kansas to see the damage caused by massive floods.

PLANE CRASH NEAR LOS ANGELES Plane crashes into residential area near Los Angeles.

MIG BORDER INCIDENT (aka DOG FIGHTS OVER KOREA and JET INCIDENT - BERLIN) In Berlin MiG jets shoot down a US plane, in Korea the tables are turned on MiG pilots

EARTHQUAKE ISLANDS - GREEK EARTHQUAKE Pathe's Cameraman flies over stricken Greek Islands - first picture from Cephalonia.

THE SEARCH FOR 'AFFRAY' The search for missing submarine 'Affray' continues off Isle of Wight.

ISLAND EVACUATED Last families leaves island of Innishark ten miles of Galway.

LIFE SAVING EXHIBITION Life saving exhibition is held in St. Ives, Cornwall.

GREAT LAKES DISASTER Storm causes the sinking of a ship in Lake Michigan - US Coastguards set out to find survivors.

CHANNEL DISASTER 20 dead in the crash between steamer Vittoria Claudia and motor vessel Perou

REMAINS OF HESS'S AIRCRAFT Wreckage of the Messerschmitt plane in which Rudolf Hess flew to Britain.

TWO NEAR DISASTERS IN LOS ANGELES Navy jet plane and frozen goods train crash near Los Angeles, California.

KEEP CALM AND LIVE Demonstration of new equipment which will help save pilots' lives. Portsmouth, Hampshire.

RESCUE EPIC Mountain rescue attempt to save two marooned men fails.

AVALANCHE DISASTER Large snowfall has caused death and homelessness in Switzerland and Austria.

SAN FRANCISCO - 19 DIE IN AIR CRASH DC 6 crashes into forest just before landing - 19 people killed

HELICOPTER CRASH IN SYDNEY Three people die in helicopter crash in Sydney, Australia.

COPTER FOR PLANE FIRES Demonstration of how a helicopter can be used to assist rescuers of burning planes. Luton.

USA - FLOOD DISASTER 200 people die and thousands are left homeless as floods sweep area twice the size of England.

SEATTLE - 7 DIE IN US PLANE CRASH (aka PLANE CRASH IN SEATTLE FOREST) A plane carrying American servicemen crashes in forests south of Seattle.

THE FIFTH WARNING Scenes of the damage to Hiroshima.

AIRCRAFT CRASH Scenes of wreckage at aircraft crash.

CID MEN CHECK BOMB-WRECKED VIKING. Detectives look over plane damaged by time bomb in mid-flight.

ICE CAP MEN HOME (aka ICE CAP MEN RETURN FROM GREENLAND) British airmen return to UK and tell of their rescue from the frozen wastes of Greenland.

WOOD FIRE INFERNO People are evacuated when a big fire at a timber yard threatens nearby houses. Barking.

SHANNON FLOODS Flooded farmland near Athlone in Eire.

TRAPPED BOY RESCUED Little boy is rescued from between two walls by firemen. Australia.

FLOODS IN GERMANY Item showing bad floods in Bavaria, Germany.

TYPHOON! Heavy damage is caused when Typhoon Wanda hits Hong Kong.

NEWS FROM AMERICA. Big family in New Jersey & Dockside fire in Maryland.

RAINS COME IN SOMALILAND Workers repair damage done by floods in Italian Somaliland.

FLOODS DRAMATIC REPORT Footage of floods in Shrewsbury and Newtown.

HOUSES COLLAPSE IN LONDON The fronts of several terraced houses collapses in Sinclair Road, Hammersmith.

GALES AND FLOODS POUND SOUTH COAST. Fierce gales around the south coast of England wreck ship and flood rivers.

AVALANCHE IN THE ALPS Avalanche kills villagers in the Alps.

MANY HOMES COLLAPSE Houses in Brentwood collapse after being built on unsafe ground. California, America.

FIVE STOREY APARTMENT COLLAPSED IN BARLETTA Crowds, wreckage and President Gronchi.

HOMES COLLAPSE IN FREAK LANDSLIDE Homes in California collapse after freak landslide.

NEW HOMES FOR QUAKE VICTIMS Easy to build homes, made in Britain, are earmarked for Greek earthquake victims.

SEARCH FOR THE 13. Search for 13 miners trapped in collapsed mine shaft. New Cumnock.

SUBSIDING TOWN Mining subsidence in a Swadlincote causes buildings to fall apart and roads to slope.

SEA WALL COLLAPSES

WORLD NEWS IN REVIEW Tidal Wave

CHICAGO HOTEL FIRE Aftermath of fire in hotel which killed 58 as people search for missing relatives. Chicago. USA

FLOODS HIT THE WEST Floods hit towns and countryside in Devon.

NEWS FLASHES - U BOAT SALVAGED FROM RIVER SCHLEI

HOUSES COLLAPSE Wooden houses collapse in San Francisco due to heavy rains and excavations.

Selected Originals - TRUCULENT DISASTER Interviews with Survivors

SCIENCE V FIRE Scientific approach to fire fighting gives great results.

Selected Originals - THIS IS TRAGEDY - ABERFAN DISASTER Nearly two hundred children buried in mud at landslide

TRAGIC PLANE CRASH IN TOKYO BAY - 133 KILLED Wreckage and the dead are brought ashore, relatives come to mourn and identify the bodies.

Selected Originals - ALBERTA - PARADROP TRAGEDY Material relating to newsreel story "Alberta - Paradrop Tragedy" 55/18.

TANGIWAI RAIL CRASH (ROYAL TOUR) Prince Philip attends funeral of victims of the Tangiwai rail crash.

AIR NEWS - AIR CRASH BOMBER SURVIVOR To Warrington comes the survvivor of the B.36 which crashed into the Atlantic

MEN FROM KENT HONOUR FOREST FIRE VICTIMS Funeral service for people died in huge forest fire near Bordeaux in France.

A CITY MOURNS 18 members of the Turino Football team die in air crash in Italy.

WIDE WIDE WORLD - TEXAS CITY AFTERMATH Aftermath of Texas City fire.

DROUGHT Animals searching barren landscape.

FAMINE Scenes of emaciated adults and children in African famine.

FACTORY FIRE Firefighters at Nighttime Factory Fire

PARK RANGERS Dapper park rangers are seen on patrol on Wimbledon Common.

TERRIBLE FLOODS BANGLADESH Aerial views of vast areas of Bangladesh under flood water.

Selected originals - FLOODS

NORMANS BAY WRECK Wrecked ship burning at Sussex beach.

STOCKPORT AIR CRASH RECONSTRUCTION Wreckage of Stockport air crash on display at Royal Aircraft Establishment.

PLANE CRASH Wreckage of Iberian Airlines passenger plane that has crashed in Sussex.

AIR CRASH KILLS 58 Rescuers try to salvage aircraft which crashed in Hong Kong harbour killing 58 U.S. Marines.

NEWS FROM AMERICA New foam fire extinguisher to fight aeroplane fires.

BRITISH AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN MOUNTAINS British aircraft crashes in Austrian Alps.

80 DIE IN AIR CRASH Eighty people died in Caravelle air crash in Switzerland.

TRAGIC CANADIAN AIRCRASH Horrific air crash near Montreal in Canada

Search For Crash Plane In Botany Bay - Botany...

Tragic Plane Crash In New York Vs

Boeing Crashes In France

Ron Flockart Dies In Plane Crash Near Melbourne Vs

Enrico Mattei Does In Plane Crash - Milanitaly

Croydon Schoolboys Killed In Aircrash At...

Starways Air Crash-dublin Airport Ls D.c.

Croydon Schoolboy's Plane Crash

74 Killed In Plane Crash

Search For Crash Plane In Botany Bay - Botany...

BOEING 707 CRASHES OUTSIDE BRUSSELS Seventy three lives lost in Belgian air crash

PLANES IN FREAK CRASH AT IDLEWILDE No one was killed when a cargo plane went out of control and crashed into a parked aircraft.

NEWS FROM USA - NEW YORK Many die when Florida bound airliner crashes just outside La Guardia Airport.

SHANNON AIR CRASH - OVER 70 KILLED Stretcher parties bringing bodies ashore & placing them in rows, aerial views of the wreckage.

AIR CRASH IN HOLLAND A jet fighter plane crashes in houses

US PLANE CRASHES ON MUNICH KILLING 53 American plane crashes on Munich, Germany, killing 53 people.

AIR DISASTERS IN NEW YORK & MUNICH KILL 177 Reports of air disasters in New York and Munich

MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FROM AIR CRASH Passengers have miraculous escape when plane crashes at La Guardia airport, New York, USA.

BOSTON PLANE CRASH Bodies are recovered from Boston harbour after plane crashes killing 61 people.

THREE DIE IN HELICOPTER CRASH Wreckage of helicopter, hoisted from the weir, Keith Harvey the only survivor.

CARAVELLE LANDS SAFELY AFTER COLLISION Caravelle plane makes safe landing with huge hole in top after collision with light aircraft.

FLAMING PLANE HITS HOUSES Freight plane hits houses near Chicago airport killing 11 people.

SHANNON AIR CRASH Wreckage of airliner which crashed in Shannon.

PLANE DOWN ON MOUNTAIN Rescue teams trek up Sierra Nevada mountains to rescue passengers from crashed aeroplane.

Selected Originals - FLASHES FROM US - PLANE CRASHES ON HOUSES - 6 DIE

MENDERES PLANE CRASH Turkey Premier Menderes attends Baghdad Pact meeting in London after surviving plane crash.

AIR CRASH IN ANZIO A British Viscount airliner crashes with an Italian military plane killing all on board.

MENDERES FIT AGAIN Turkish Premier Menderes thanks doctors and a Surrey couple for help after his plane crash.

AIR TRAGEDY IN NEW YORK A plane crashes in to the river near New York's Airport. Lots of loss of life.

NAVAL PILOT KILLED A Royal Naval pilot dies as his plane slides from the deck of an aircraft carrier.

FLASHES FROM US - PLANE CRASHES ON HOUSES - 6 DIE Plane crashes into house

MORNING DISASTER A Viking aircraft crashes into houses in Southall, London killing several people

NEWS FROM AMERICA - HELICOPTER RESCUES A CRASHED HELICOPTER Helicopter rescues crashed helicopter

NEWS FROM USA - NEW YORK Many die when Florida bound airliner crashes just outside La Guardia Airport.

DAYS OF DECISION - MIDDLE EAST FAMILIES IN AIR CRASH

Selected Originals - GLIDER CRASH Material relating to newsreel story "Glider Crash" - 55/78.

NEW YORK - COPTER CRASHES Passengers escape miraculously when a helicopter crashes from the roof of skyscraper.

Selected Originals - VOLUNTEERS IN PRACTICE CRASH Materials relating to newsreel story "Volunteers in Practice Crash" - 55/54.

Selected Originals - U.S.A. AIR NEWS - POGO PLANE IN FLIGHT & PLANE CRASH Material relating to newsreel stories "U.S.A. Air News - Pogo Plane in Flight & Plane

FRENCH AIRLINER SHOT DOWN BY RUSSIAN JETS Air France plane shot down by Russian jets in Germany.

16 DIE IN R.A.F. CRASH Shots of the wreckage of a plane which crashed killing 17 members of the R.A.F.

BELFAST AIR CRASH KILLS 27 (aka BEA PLANE CRASH) A passenger air craft crashes killing 27 in Northern Ireland.

THE FARNBOROUGH TRAGEDY A De Havilland 110 crashes into the crowd at the Farnborough Air Show.

Selected Originals - JET CRASH KILLS THREE (aka TITLE SCENE JET CRASH) Material relating to newsreel story "Jet Crash Kills Three" - 52/36.

BOMBER CRASH RAF men inspect the damage after a bomber crashed into a Wiltshire housing estate.

PLANE CRASH Plane carrying reindeer meat which crashed in England.

JET AIRCRAFT CRASH 'Meteor' wreckage at Harwood Dale.

11 KILLED IN US DISASTERS - PHILADELPHIA. Seven people killed in DC-4 plane crash in Philadelphia.

VIKING AIRLINER CRASH Officials search through debris after Viking aircraft crash at London Airport.

Selected Original - RESCUE FAILS IN ALPS. Material relating to newsreel story "Rescue fails in Alps" - 50/91.

AIRLINER CRASH AT MILL. Dakota crashed near houses in Mill Hill, Scotland. 29 people are killed.

AIRPLANE CRASH IN SWISS MOUNTAINS Rescue team on the scene of plane crash in the Swiss Alps

80 DIE IN WORLD'S WORST AIR CRASH. Welsh rugby fans die in terrible plane crash on their way home from match.

THREE B-29s CRASH - 20 DIE 18 SURVIVE The American Air Force lose three Superfortress bombers in a short period.

EASTERN AIRPLANES AND BOLIVIAN MILITARY PLANE COLLISION Rescue scenes at the wreck of a DC-4 aircraft in Washington

NEWS FROM THE AIR - 24 KILLED IN DAKOTA AIR CRASH A Dakota airliner crashes on the moors near Oldham.

BERLIN PLANE CRASH Soviet Yak fighter plane crashes in East Berlin.

AMERICAN AIR CRASHES

CRASHED AIRCRAFT AT ORLY AIRPORT Dakota plane crashes into power station near Orly Airport, Paris.

PLANES COLLIDE IN MID AIR An American airliner is hit by another plane and has to land in an emergency.

PACIFIC FLIERS RESCUED Thirty-three people rescued from Pacific Ocean after aeroplane crash.

WIDE WIDE WORLD - PLANE CRASHES Story on the series of air disasters with flashbacks to recent crashes

WAR REPORT FROM EAST AND WEST Reports on Allied advances on Western Front.

BRITONS KILLED IN SWEDISH AIR CRASH A Swedish Skymaster airliner crashes in a mountainside in Greece.

WRECKAGE OF PLANE IN SKYSCRAPER American plane crashes into New York skyscraper in thick fog.

AIR LINER CRASH - 26 DEAD Belgian Skymaster plane crashes in forests of Newfoundland.

ONE MINUTE NEWS - 23 KILLED IN FRENCH ALPS PLANE CRASH 23 people lost their lives in France when a Dakota bound for Paris from Nice crashed.

(uncut Lav) Welsh Airlift Ends In Crash.

AVALANCHE HORROR Many people are killed as glacier slides onto dam building site at Saas-Fee. Switzerland.

MAN MADE AVALANCHE IN CANADA Man made avalanche demonstrated.

TYPHOON STARTS MUD AVALANCHE Heavy typhoon rains cause a mud slide that damages homes in Hong Kong.

DOGS TRAIN FOR SNOW RESCUE Alsatian dogs train with their handlers to locate a man buried under snow.

GERMAN LIFE SAVING ASSOCIATION German Lifesaving Association demonstration.

Avalanche In Peru Kills 3800

JOY AND SORROWS landslide demolishes Scaletta, Sicily.

ALPINE VICTIMS LAID TO REST Mourners lay family and friends to rest after an avalanche in Switzerland.

AVALANCHE KILLS 12. Avalanche kills twelve people in Airolo in South Switzerland.

HELP REACHES ALPS VICTIMS. Rescuers helping the victims of avalanche disaster in Switzerland.

Rough Seas - Seaford England Ms

HURRICANE CARLA HITS TEXAS Hurricane strikes Texan coast and good material of devastated buildings left in its wake.

WORLD NEWS - TOKYO. Landslide near Tokyo, Japan.

DISASTER IN THE ALPS. Worst avalanche in history kills hundreds in the Alps.

NEWS FLASHES - BRIGHTON LANDSLIDE

CAR PILE UP IN GERMANY car crash on on German road near Munich.

CAR CRASH TEST Tony Benn and other VIPs watch car crash test at MIRA laboratory.

ROAD SIDE AID IN HOLLAND First aid boxes at road side in Holland.

Hurricane Hattie Strikes At Honduras

HURRICANE OVER NORMANDY Devastation left by hurricane in Normandy, France.

CYCLONE DAMAGE IN AUSTRALIA Australian troops are brought in to repair damage caused by cyclone in Port Vila.

TIN OPENER TO SAVE LIFE New type of cutters used by firemen to cut people out of car crashes.

NEW POLICE TRAINING METHODS Police practise responding to typical situations 'on the beat' - an accident, a fight & in court.

TRUCK CRASH Truck crashes into a house in Sydney, Australia.

New warning System For Safer High Speed...

NEW YORK BUS IN RIVER Bus plunges into East River in New York.

1962 Paris Auto Show

SAFER IN CAR BELTS Testing safety belts with crash test dummies.

BUS CRASH IN BAKER STREET

HAWAII HURRICANE

TORNADO RIPS THROUGH ST LOUIS St Louis, Missouri is wrecked by a tornado that hit at night.

NEWS FROM AMERICA - FLORIDA Sports car test driver walks unharmed from a 130 m.p.h. crash.

TANKER FIRES VILLAGE A lorry carrying fuel crashed in Labourn, Berkshire damaging large parts of the village.

NEWS FLASHES - LONDON BUS CRASH A bus crashes through a brick wall and hangs 20 ft above ruins. No-one is hurt.

VIRGINIA - STOCK CAR RACE Lots of smashes and crashes at American stock car race.

DETROIT'S 250th BIRTHDAY RACE Detroit celebrates its 250th anniversary with a crash filled car race.

CRACK-UPS STOP BIG CAR RACE Accidents stop a 100 mile stock car race in Pennsylvania.

US MOTORCYCLE CHAMPIONSHIP American motorcycle championship at Daytona Beach, Florida.

PARNELL WINS TROPHY RACE Reg Parnell wins the international trophy motor car race at Silverstone.

BRITAIN WINS MOTORCYCLE RACE Dudley Ward of Britain wins international motorcycle race in Finland.

4 KILLED IN BRIDGE WRECK. Motorists crash into river after sabotage wrecks bridge in Canada.

Selected Originals - US MOTORCYCLE CHAMPIONSHIP Material related to newsreel story "US Motorcycle Championship" - 51/20.

HURRICANE DORA HITS FLORIDA Hurricane Dora hits North East Florida and causes havoc near the coast.

TORNADOES KILL OVER 200 Floods and tornadoes cause havoc in American Mid West.

CYCLONE KILLS 13,000 Item showing devastation caused by cyclone which killed 13,000. Pakistan.

DAMAGE AFTER FLORIDA TORNADO People pick over the remains of their wrecked homes after tornadoes.

PUERTO RICO SUFFERS AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE DONNA Flooded areas, houses, buildings practically demolished, thick mud covering roads.

"DORA" BLOWS IN President Johnson sees for himself the damage caused by Hurricane 'Dora'.

HURRICANE HILDA HITS LOUISIANA Hurricane damage in town and country.

HURRICANE FLORA - HAITI AFTERMATH Hurricane Flora creates havoc and destroys houses and goods at Haiti, Caribbean Islands.

AFTERMATH OF MICHIGAN TORNADO Devastation to boats, holiday homes, cars and trees.

Earthquake Floods And Typhoon - Iran - Korea -...

The New Jersey Aftermath Of Worst Storm Vs

Sheffield Hurricane Damage. Vs

TORNADO WRECKS 300 HOMES Clearing up after tornado in Connecticut, USA.

TORNADO DAMAGE Wreckage to houses in the West Rand area of Johannesburg following a large tornado.

GALES IN GLASGOW Strong winds cause havoc in Glasgow; a look at the aftermath of the storm.

HURRICANE BEULAH Floods and destruction caused by Hurricane Beulah.

'HURRICANE ALMA' AFTERMATH aka HURRICANE ALMA Hurricane damage on land and heavy seas at Key Largo, Florida.

NEWS FROM AMERICA

HURRICANE DONNA Hurricane Donna causes havoc in America

MEXICO - AFTERMATH OF DISASTER A hurricane has caused havoc in Western Mexico.

AFTER HURRICANE DONNA People clear up aftermath of Hurricane Donna.

WORST EVER TYPHOON Japan is hit by typhoon - shots of aftermath.

TORNADO WARNING SYSTEM Tornado warning system is tested in Kansas.

MIAMI HIT BY TORNADO Aftermath of tornado in Florida.

TYPHOON HITS TOKYO Heavy wind and rain create havoc in the Japanese capital.

TYPHOON IN JAPAN Damage from typhoon Ida.

HURRICANE HELENE HITS CAROLINA Damage caused to houses and in the harbour, army personnel arranging relief.

HATFIELD - STORM HAVOC Gales strip the roofs off a row of homes in Hatfield.

TORNADO HAVOC A tornado leaves a trail of devastation in the suburbs of Kansas City.

US HURRICANE HAVOC Hurricane Connie does £5,000,000 damage on U.S. east coast.

U.S.A. HURRICANE KILLS 20 Hurricane Edna batters the Atlantic coast but luckily misses New York.

TYPHOON HITS INDO-CHINA A typhoon causes damage in the streets of Saigon.

TEXAS TORNADO 114 dead, and many still missing, in the tornado that has laid waste to Waco, Texas.

TYPHOON SMASHES WAKE ISLAND (aka TYPHOON DAMAGE) Scenes of devastation on a Pacific island hit by terrifying typhoon.

JAPANESE TYPHOON Aftermath of typhoon at Kobe, Japan.

FREAK STORMS KILL HUNDREDS. Footage of the savage storms that have the United States of America.

TORNADO AT ROODENPORT SOUTH AFRICA

HURRICANE WARNING SAVES FLORIDA LIVES Hurricane winds and rain lash the Florida coast causing much damage.

ONE MINUTE NEWS - TORNADO Tornado hits a town in Arkansas.

19144-18. Pathe Link Up. 45/105.

1,000 DIE IN JAP EARTHQUAKE An undersea earthquake which caused a ten foot high tidal wave causes widespread devastation in Japan.

SEVEN CROWDED DAYS - FIRST PICTURES OF SKY QUEEN CRASH

NEWSBRIEFS - STORMS LASH BRITAIN

FLORIDA HURRICANE American newsreel story about Florida hurricane.

NAMES MAKE THE NEWS Hurricane hits 2 hundred miles of Florida's East coast.

STORM IN BALTIC Swedish ship in rough Baltic seas.

DROUGHT HITS RHODESIA Drought creates problems for tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe.

Joshua Nkomo Settles In Village - Bulawayo Vs

DROUGHT HITS NORTH EAST AMERICA Bad drought creates chaos - empty reservoirs and forest fires - in the US.

POVERTY IN INDIA Street scenes in Calcutta showing general begging by young and old.

TWO YEAR DROUGHT ENDS People pray for rain and it comes. Rain helps in the fields of Hong Kong.

WATER FAMINE Footage of new reservoir being built on Lantau Island for Hong Kong.

RIVER DANUBE DRIES UP Drought causes River Danube to dry up, Budapest, Hungary.

HUNGRY BOMBAY The Indian Government introduce rice and wheat rationing to smooth out food shortages.

FARM IRRIGATION DURING DROUGHT Water from local pond used to irrigate farm in Holland during drought.

RAIN AND DROUGHT (aka WATER ON THE RATION) People in Sussex queue for water as elsewhere the drought breaks.

THE GREAT DROUGHT Effects of drought on rivers, forests and crops.

GRAIN SHIPS REACH INDIA Supplies of grain are sent to India to help famine struck areas.

Selected Originals - RAIN AND DROUGHT Material relating to newsreel story "Rain And Drought" - 52/65.

DROUGHT IN UK Hot weather and lack of rain sees low water levels in English water reservoirs.

Stunt Story Of The End Of The World Scare

ARGENTINA EARTHQUAKE An earthquake totally destroys the city of San Juan leaving many dead or homeless.

NEWS FROM USA - EARTHQUAKE IN NW AMERICA An earthquake causes problems in the Northwest

5,000 DIE IN EARTHQUAKE A terrible earthquake causes death and devastation in Ecuador.

EARTHQUAKE IN ECUADOR

QUAKE HOMELESS FLEE DISASTER AREA Survivors of the Ecuadorian earthquake try to reach safety.

WORLD NEWS Peruvian earthquake

200 KILLED IN EARTHQUAKE Two hundred people killed in earthquake in El Salvador.

Selected Originals - JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE Material relating to newsreel story "Japanese Earthquake" - 52/23.

CALIFORNIAN EARTHQUAKE Scenes of an earthquake's destruction in the town of Bakersfield, California.

CYPRUS 'QUAKE KILLS 40 Earthquake tremors in Cyprus destroy buildings, kill 40 people and wound 100.

EARTHQUAKE ISLANDS - RELIEF WORK CONTINUES Moving scenes as the homeless return to shattered towns.

NEWS FLASHES - EARTHQUAKE IN ANJUR INDIA earthquake made 12000 people homeless in India.

EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY Images of destruction after an earthquake in Anatolia, Turkey.

LANDSLIDE THREATENS SEVERAL VILLAGES Landslide threatens several villages in France.

LANDSLIDE IN MONTANA People being rescued after landslide in Montana.

EARTHQUAKE DISASTER AT AGADIR Rescue teams at work in aftermath of earthquake in Agadir.

Selected originals - A CITY DIES Material relating to newsreel story "A City Dies".

EARTHQUAKE IN ALGERIA Aftermath of earthquake in Algeria.

EARTHQUAKE IN IRAN Americans help survivors in an earthquake disaster in Lar in Southern Iran.

EARTHQUAKE HORROR An earthquake destroys town of Concepcion in Chile, and tidal waves hit Hilo, Hawaii.

EARTHQUAKE IN CHILE Slow rebuilding process in Chile in the aftermath of earthquake

AFTERMATH OF CHILEAN EARTHQUAKE Disaster report from Chile as five thousand are feared dead or missing

AFTERMATH OF CHILE'S EARTHQUAKE A tidal wave caused by the Valdivia earthquake hits Japan.

Earthquake Floods And Typhoons - Iran - Korea...

Killer Earthquake Hits Persia - Persia Ms

Killer Earthquake Hits Persia - Persia

Princess Beatrix In Persia

THE EARTHQUAKE Rescuers search amongst rubble for survivors of earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia.

EARTHQUAKE HITS YUGOSLAV CITY OF SKOPJE Mass destruction during the violent earthquake in Skopje, Macedonia.

EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH ON PORTUGUESE ISLE Earthquake at the Portuguese island of Sao Jorge in the Azores.

ALASKAN EARTHQUAKE An earthquake devastates the Alaskan City of Anchorage.

EARTHSLIDE IN CALIFORNIA Wrecked houses on top of cliff on the San Clemente seaboard.

EARTHQUAKE An earthquake causes great damage in Arette, France.

TRAIN CARRYING EXPLOSIVES Train carrying explosives wrecked

EXPLOSION IN SAIGON SERVICEMEN'S CLUB A bomb is exploded by terrorists in Saigon. An anti-Government demonstration takes place.

INDIANA EXPLOSION Rescue workers search through the wreckage of a massive explosion.

APARTMENTS EXPLOSION: MANY DEAD Explosion destroys block of flats in Montreal.

£3M ROCKET EXPLODES Atlas-Centaur rocket explodes on launch pad at Cape Kennedy.

Mercury Production In Russia Mls

CENTAUR BLOWS UP Centaur rocket blows up in Florida.

EXPLOSION IN MOSQUE IN NICOSIA The Bairaktar Mosque in Nicosia, Cyprus is damaged in an explosion.

Chemical Plant Explosion Gv

EXPLOSION KILLS 20 An exploding boiler smashes an office building causing injuries and death.

CAR LOADED WITH PLASTIC EXPLODES DURING OAS OUTRAGES

NEW TENSION IN CUBAN-U.S. RELATIONS AS PIER IN HAVANA IS DESTROYED

NEWS FROM AMERICA - 12 KILLED IN NIGHT EXPLOSION

DORTMUND EXPLOSION KILLS MANY British soldiers rescue people from rubble of house destroyed by gas explosion in Germany.

NEW COLLIERY EXPLOSION Construction workers are injured in pit explosion in Pendlebury.

GARAGE BLAST KILLS 16 A petrol tank explodes killing people and smashing cars in roadside garage.

AMMUNITION TRAIN BLOWS UP A train loaded with ammunition explodes while being unloaded in North India.

UNDERWATER BLAST Explosives are used to clear a dangerous underwater mountain in British Columbia.

ALGIERS BOMB Many deaths in the bomb explosion in Casino - the latest tragedy in France's Algerian crisis.

WORLD NEWS - COLOMBIA - DYNAMITE TRUCKS EXPLODE Exploding dynamite trucks wreck eight blocks of Colombian city of Cali.

HYDROGEN EXPLOSION IN NAGOYA A 15 ton hydrogen tank exploded causing damage to a factory in Japan.

PETROL BLAST KILLS 10 A garage explosion and fire in Bristol kills 10 people during a refuelling accident.

FIRE ABOARD U.S. CARRIER Dramatic scenes as American aircraft carrier 'Boxer' is damaged by fire.

US EXPLOSION KILLS 30: INJURES 100. A large explosion caused by 4 barges loaded with explosives creates havoc in New Jersey.

NAVAL EXPLOSION - SABOTAGE? An explosion in Portsmouth Harbour is caused by sabotage.

320,000 LBS OF TNT EXPLOSION 320,000 lbs of T.N.T. in carefully charted clay pit, explosion, officers watching explosion.

LUDWIGSHAVEN FACTORY EXPLOSION (I.G. FARBEN WORKS) ROLL I

WARTIME SECRET REVEALED A great new harbour is built

HELIGOLAND GOES UP The German wartime U Boat base of Heligoland is blown up by the Royal Navy.

MUNITION SHIPS EXPLODE IN SAN FRANCISCO Two ammunition ships blast in San Francisco Bay.

TRENT VALLEY TRAIN CRASH Cameraman takes aerial shots of train crash in Staffordshire.

PALESTINE TRAIN WRECKED A passenger train is blown up by Jewish terrorists causing several deaths.

WORLD NEWS IN REVIEW Perth to London express train crashes at Bourne End killing 40 and injuring 200 people.

SEVEN CROWDED DAYS - CROYDON TRAIN CRASH MANY KILLED

SCOTTISH EXPRESS CRASHES Large train crash near Goswick, Northumberland.

HOLIDAY MAKERS IN IRISH MAIL CRASH.

77 KILLED IN EXPRESS CRASH. Footage of the wreckage of fatal train crash in New York in the United States of America.

Selected Original - 77 DEAD IN LONG ISLAND R. R. CRASH. Material relating to newsreel story "City honour Queen Juliana" - 50/96.

MANY KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK A train crash kills several people and injures many more in Weedon, Lancashire.

SABOTAGED TRAIN NEAR TUNIS Train blown up near Tunis.

EUSTON EXPRESS TRAGEDY (aka GREAT RAIL DISASTER AT HARROW) Film of one of Britain's worst railway disasters - at Harrow and Wealdstone Station, London.

RAIL CRASH RESCUE WORK CONTINUES Film of the operation to clear the debris of the Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash.

Selected Originals - RAIL CRASH RESCUE WORK CONTINUES Material relating to newsreel story 'Rail Crash Rescue Work Continues' - 52/83.

WASHINGTON TRAIN-SMASH (aka U.S. TRAIN WRECK) A train crashes at Washington Union Station - thankfully without deaths.

TUBE TRAIN CRASH - STRATFORD Two tube trains crash in a tunnel near Stratford Station on the London Underground.

TRAIN SMASH Minor casualties in train collision at Forest Gate, East London.

ROYAL SCOT CRASHES Four coaches of the Royal Scot are derailed 44 miles from Glasgow.

MANCHESTER RAILWAY DISASTER (aka TRAIN CRASH) Ten dead and fifty-nine injured as rail coach topples eighty feet from viaduct.

150 ESCAPE IN MIRACLE CRASH Miraculous escape of 150 passengers in holiday train crash.

112 DEAD IN RAIL DISASTER (aka 112 DEAD IN RAIL CRASH)

NEWS FLASHES - TRAIN CRASH Disaster near Cape Town as two expresses collide head-on.

TRAIN DISASTER Passenger express train crashes in Holland.

MAIN LINE TRAIN CRASH Scenes from a fatal train crash in Welwyn Garden City.

ANOTHER FOG DISASTER 10 people die in railway crash near Dagenham - Foggy conditions make rescue work hard.

5 DIE IN RAIL SMASH Deaths in railway crash at Eastbourne station.

TRAIN PLUNGES INTO BAY 40 deaths occur as a train fails to stop before it set off across an open bridge.

WRECK ON THE ERIE Five die and 35 are injured as two trains crash in New York State.

MANHUNT ON FOR US SUBWAY BOMBER Police step up for bomber after a women is killed in an explosion on the New York Subway.

TRAIN CRASH IN HOLLAND British Forces train is derailed in Holland.

ITALY - TRAIN AND COACH COLLIDE A disaster in Italy when a train and coach collided killing four.

ELECTRIC TRAIN DRIVER DIES AFTER COLLISION WITH LOCOMOTIVE The driver of an electric train dies when it hits a steam loco in London.

TRAIN CRASH KILLS 26 Crash area, coaches lying wrecked at side of track at Vitry Le Francois, patients in hospital.

TRAIN CRASH Wrecked train carriage and crash area, Picton New South Wales.

Train Crash At Paddock Wood

3 TRAINS PILE UP IN CRASH Bad train crash in Tokyo.

DUBLIN TO BELFAST TRAIN CRASH AT RUSH Train from Dublin to Belfast crashes at Rush and Lusk.

RAIL CRASH NEAR ARNHEM Various shots of the train crash.

TRAIN CRASH IN CEYLON A train crash in Sri Lanka kills 26 and injures 130. The Acting Prime Minister takes a look.

TRAIN WRECK IN CHICAGO Train disaster in Chicago - luckily only one person dies.

TRAIN DERAILMENT aftermath of train derailment at Connington.

US TRAIN WRECK The aftermath of a train crash in New York

TRAIN CRASH Aftermath of train crash near Didcot, one woman is killed.

TRAIN CRASH Aftermath of train crash at Liege, Belgium.

TRAIN CRASH Aftermath of train derailment at Hither Green.

TRAIN CRASH 11 people die when train and transporter crash at level crossing.

MOUNT STROMBOLI ERUPTS The eruption of Mount Stromboli.

NEWS IN FLASHES - record a (Sicily). Mount Etna erupts in Sicily.

Selected Original - NEWS IN FLASHES - SICILY. Material relating to newsreel story "News in Flashes - Sicilly" - 50/98.

THE ERUPTION OF ETNA

ERUPTION OF ETNA Catholics perform Mass in front of advancing lava after eruption of Mount Etna.

VOLCANO DISASTER Views of the destruction caused by volcano Mount Hebo Hebo in the Philippines.

STORMY WEATHER Reports of storms across the country.

MOUNT ETNA ERUPTS A large scale eruption of the Sicilian volcano is spectacular but not life-threatening.

ACTIVE VOLCANO MOUNT AGUNG ERUPTS Active volcano erupts at Mouth Agung, Bali, leaving many homeless.

STORM DAMAGE IN CALIFORNIA

FLOODS NEAR GLASGOW

FLOODS HIT SAN FRANCISCO Floods in San Francisco destroy many houses.

AMPHICAR TO THE LOCAL INN During floods in Gloucestershire, a pub landlord collects his customers in an Amphicar

THE RESCUE OF FLORENCE ITALY The rescue of Florence art treasures after the food damage.

FLORENCE FLOODS AFTERMATH Shots of damage caused to Florence after terrible flooding.

STORM WATER TUNNEL A tunnel is built to reduce the danger of flooding in Bristol.

US FLOODS DISASTER AREA Bad flooding in USA - life goes on as normal despite all the water!

CALIFORNIA FLOODS Heavy rain and mud slides create problems in Southern California.

FLOODS HIT NEW DELHI AGAIN Flooding around houses, people in temporary accommodation and receiving food.

SPRING FLOODS HIT AMERICA Spring floods at vast areas of Ohio, Kentucky and Cincinnati.

HEAVY FLOOD IN NEW DELHI People and cattle walk through flood water.

FLOODS IN SOUTHERN STATES Images of the floods in Southern states of USA.

WEST COUNTRY FLOODED AFTER THAW

Floods Near San Francisco Vs

Tribute To Queen Wilhelmina Vs H.r.h.

Kenindee Lake Flood -n.s.w.

TYPHOON 'AMY' HITS FORMOSA A typhoon causes flooding and damage in Taiwan.

Earthquake Floods And Typhoon - Iran - Korea -...

Floods Near Barcelona - Spain Vs

Rain & Floods Plague Idaho & Los Angeles Area.

FLOODS IN HUNGARY Farms and countryside under water during floods in Hungary.

FLOOD HAVOC Scenes of floods in Accra, capital of Ghana.

B.a.o.r. Units Help In Floods - Hamburg

Savage Storm Hits East Coast Of U.s.a. Ms

SUMMER STORMS IN Stormy weather causes problems - in the Australian Summer.

FRANCE HAS FLOODS TOO Item showing floods in France.

FLOODS HIT IOWA AT EASTER Easter celebrations marred by floods.

FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA SWEEP THROUGH THE TOWN OF FORBES A large country town in New South Wales is cut into three sections by flood waters.

FLOODS IN THE PHILIPPINES Flooded farmland areas, people looking at their ruined homes, queuing up to get on boats.

AFTERMATH OF FLOODS IN MANILA Wreckage and devastation in Philippines due to severe flooding

DYKE BURST AFTERMATH Floods in Amsterdam cause widespread damage after Dyke bursts. Holland.

WIDOWS SAY CAN'T PAY Elderly widows living in bungalows near sea in Selsey are forced to pay for new sea wall.

FREJUS AFTERMATH Malpassat Dam in France collapses causing massive flooding and many deaths.

FLOODS RAVAGE AUSTRIA Bad flooding around River Salzach area of Austria.

MADAGASCAR FLOODS Flooding and flood damage in Madagascar.

FLOODS IN AMERICA Severe flooding in Cleveland

FORMOSA FLOOD DISASTER Terrible floods cause devastation in Formosa

FLOODS IN THE THAMES VALLEY Flooded farms, villages and countryside in the Thames Valley.

FLOOD FIGHTERS VERSUS THE WABASH RIVER The Wabash River floods driving 1700 families out of their homes.

SPANISH DAM DISASTER 150 reported dead and 200 missing as burst dam swamps village, flattening 80 houses.

WINTER LASHES FIVE STATES Severe flooding and freezing conditions in the United States.

FLOODS HAVOC SOUTHERN FRANCE Bridges are washed away and floods devastate part of South-East France.

DAM BURST DESTROYS VILLAGE Scenes of destruction after the Vega de Tara dam burst and engulfed village of Ridadelago.

FLOOD TOWN PROTESTS Streets of Wickford, Essex are flooded after rain and the locals are non too happy.

HOLIDAY WASHOUT Floods cause problems in the West Country.

FLOODS IN CORNWALL Various shots around an area of Cornwall where the Coombe River has flooded its banks.

STORM VICTIMS ASK FOR HELP People in flooded Basildon clear out the debris of their homes.

ARGENTINE RECORD FLOODS Hugh floods cause devastation in Argentina - 100,000 people are made homeless.

HEAVY RAINS CAUSES FLOODS IN ESSEX AND HERTS Car passing through water, cars broken down, flooded areas.

ENGLAND UNDER WATER The town of Market Harborough is under water due to flooding.

RACE AGAINST TIME The Kariba Dam in Zimbabwe is now being repaired after damage by the flooding Zambesi.

FLOOD HAVOC Heavy floods create problems for people living in California.

KARIBA OVERWHELMED Massive torrents of water rush down the Zambesi and wash over the Kariba Dam in Zimbabwe.

NEWS FROM USA - KENTUCKY FLOOD DISASTER Heavy floods bring disaster to Kentucky towns.

FARMERS FACE RUIN Thousands of North Italian farmers face ruin as floods sweep Piedmont and Lombardy.

OLE MAN RIVER IS BEDDED DOWN Concrete blocks are placed on the bed of the Mississippi in an effort to stem floods.

NEWS FROM USA - KENTUCKY FLOOD DISASTER Heavy floods bring disaster to Kentucky towns.

FLOODS HIT SHEEP FARMERS River boats rescue marooned sheep during Australian floods.

Originals - AUSTRALIA'S FLOODS HAVOC Material relating to newsreel story "Australia's Flood Havoc" - 55/20.

Selected Originals - AUSTRALIA'S FLOODS HAVOC Material relating to newsreel story "Australia's Flood Havoc" - 55/20.

ITALIAN FLOODS KILL 100 The Reggio Calabria region of Southern Italy is devastated by floods

HOLLAND - THE DYKES ARE CLOSED The last breach in Dutch dykes is sealed - Queen Juliana present.

FLOODS IN JAPAN KILLED 664 The island of Kyushu is smashed by floods - 664 die, hundreds more are injured.

NEWS FLASHES - SWITZERLAND (aka SWISS FLOODS) Floods smash villages along the Linth Valley in East Switzerland.

HOLLAND - 'OPERATION DYKE' (aka DUTCH FLOODS) Dutch engineers fill breeches in sea walls with concrete barges.

Selected Originals - QUEEN TOURS FLOOD AREAS Material relating to newsreel story "Queen Tours Flood Areas" - 53/11.

QUEEN TOURS FLOOD AREAS Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, and the Queen Mother visit areas hit by flooding.

Selected Originals - STORMS THREATEN FLOOD AREAS (aka REBUILDING SEA WALL AT CANVEY ISLAND) Material relating to newsreel story "Storms Threaten Flood Area" - 5

HUNDREDS DIE IN DUTCH FLOODS Terrible floods wash away defences and swamp low lying areas in Holland.

Selected Originals - HUNDREDS DIE IN DUTCH FLOODS Material relating to newsreel story "Hundreds Die In Dutch Floods" - 53/9.

FLOODS IN BELGIUM Scenes of flooding in coastal towns of Belgium.

GREAT GALE DISASTER - EAST COAST TOWNS FLOODS Flooding in Kent and Essex.

THE LYNMOUTH DISASTER 20 plus deaths follow as a flood hits a Devon town.

LYNMOUTH AFTERMATH People begin the clear up after terrible floods in a Devon village.

AMERICAN FLOODS Floods in states around the Missouri River, United States of America.

TRUMAN SEES AMERICAN FLOODS President Truman views flooded Midwest from his private plane.

FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA People rescued from flooded areas in Wagga in Australia.

WORLD NEWS - FLOODS IN ITALY

FRENCH FLOODS Rescuing of civilians in huge floods in France

GALES AND FLOODS STRIKE ITALY Gales damage buildings and floods wreck towns in parts of Italy.

NEWS IN FLASHES The River Thames floods its banks and creates havoc in Maidenhead.

US FLOODS IN MIDWEST Terrible floods hit the area around Kansas and Missouri.

HELP FOR FLOODED AREAS IN ITALY Red Cross collects aid parcels to flooded areas in Italy.

EAST MOLESEY FLOODS Towards milkman walking on elevated sidewalk & man cycling through flood waters.

BURST WATER MAIN AT KEW Workmen at Kew Gardens work to repair burst water pipe.

FLOODS AFTER THAW IN BRITAIN. River Thames floods its banks along large stretches.

NEWS IN FLASHES - VENICE. Floods in Venice.

Mud. Priestany's Miraculous Mud.

Selected Original - FREAK STORMS KILL HUNDREDS. Material relating to newsreel story "Freak storms kill hundreds - USA" - 50/97.

NEWS IN FLASHES - record c (Chalons: France). Floods in Chalons, France.

AUSTRALIAN FLOOD WRECKS TOWNS. The plain of the Hunter River is flooded when heavy rains continue in Australia.

FLOODS THREATEN WINNIPEG. Floods in Winnipeg, Canada.

THAMES FLOOD AT SONNING AND SHIPLAKE

FLOODS IN ITALY Floods In Northern And Central Italy.

FLOODS Extensive flooding in Mitcham and Lincolnshire.

STORY OF SNOW AND FLOODS Floods and landslide in Sweden.

AUSTRALIAN FLOODS MAKE 6,000 HOMELESS Terrible floods devastate cattle stocks and towns in New South Wales.

AUTUMN FLOODS CAUSE HAVOC IN ITALY People dead and made homeless in floods in Campania province.

THOUSANDS HOMELESS IN AUSTRALIAN FLOODS Huge floods in New South Wales create havoc for large numbers of people.

AROUND BRITAIN - EAST ANGLIA - FLOODS Extra flood defences are built to protect East Anglian sea front and river side homes.

NEWS FROM ALL OVER. - FLOODS IN PIEDMONT The River Po breaks its banks and floods surrounding villages.

FLOODS IN EASTERN ENGLAND Floods and gales in Skegness, Hunstanton and Heacham, Eastern England.

FLOODS SWEEP E ENGLAND Floods cover areas of Eastern England as rivers durst their banks.

FLOODS IN NORTH ENGLAND

FLOODS AFTER ICE JAMS THAWS Floods in Missouri valley, USA.

SEA FLOODS OUT HOLIDAYMAKERS Gale whipped seas flood Jaywick and leave 2000 tourists out of their bungalows.

FLOODS IN ALSACE LORRAINE

JAPANESE EMPEROR VISITS FLOOD VICTIMS Japanese Emperor Hirohito visits flood victims in Kanto and Saitama.

FLOODS IN INDIA floods in India and aftermath of riots in Punjab.

INTERNATIONAL - FLOODS CAUSE GREAT DEVASTATION IN FRANCE

THE WORLD AS I SAW IT (aka DEVASTATION IN JAPANESE FLOODS) Terrible floods follow the bursting of the banks of the Tone River near Tokyo.

FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA New South Wales, Australia, suffers severe floods.

ONE MINUTE NEWS - BRITAIN FLOOD PERIL GROWS Thousands Evacuated As Britain's Flood Peril Grows.

FLOODS IN NORTH WEST AMERICA Flooded towns, houses floating down river, and the Grand Coulee dam overflowing.

Paris Floods

Floods In Holland

FLOODING IN SOMERSET Footage of the widespread floods in Somerset.

FREIGHTER AGROUND The British ship 'Ondo' runs onto a sandbank on the River Elbe.

RAIL CRASH - MANY KILLED AND INJURED 90 killed and many injured in train crash in Lewisham during a fog.

WORLD NEWS - SAN FRANCISCO. A hospital ship is rammed near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

ONE MINUTE NEWS - POISON FOG Poison fumes blanket American town of Donora killing 20 people and leaving 400 sick.

GALE INCREASES TOLL OF GOODWIN WRECKS Italian steamer stranded on Goodwins

WIDE WIDE WORLD - GREEK SHIP IS MINED Survivors are brought shore after the Greek ship Heimara was blown up by mine. 300 died.

WIDE WIDE WORLD - WARSPITE AGROUND Warspite shipwrecks off South Wales.

AROUND BRITAIN - THAMES - SHIP COLLISION Shipwreck on the river Thames at Erith.

NEWSBRIEFS - JAPANESE FLEET DESTROYED

NEWSBRIEFS - SHIP ON FIRE ship "Empire Waveny" on fire in Liverpool

HOME FROM THE SEA - SEA MEN SIGN OFF Men from the Merchant Navy return home and

CHINESE SHIP DISASTER Wreck of ship "Kiangya" on Wangpoo River, survivors taken ashore.

GALES LASH DUTCH COAST Dutch lifeboat rescues crew of Swedish ship stranded off coast of Holland.

TRUCULENT: MYSTERY OF THE MISSING HOUR Work continues to salvage the wreckage of the sunk submarine HMS Truculent.

STORMS CAUSE HAVOC IN AUSTRALIA. Heavy seas destroy boats on Australian Coast and a ship explodes in Sydney Harbour.

UNDERWATER SHOTS OF HMS BRECONSHIRE Underwater shots of wreck of British warship which sank off Malta in 1942.

NEWS IN FLASHES - TREASURE HUNT YACHT WRECKED

FIGHT TO SAVE HALF TANKER Americans fighting to save a half of tanker Fort Mercer as it floats off Cape Cod.

AC CARRIER WASP COLLISION WITH DESTROYER HOBSON Survivors of destroyer ship 'Hobson' are taken by helicopter to carrier 'Wasp' after collision.

Selected Originals - H.M.S. WAVE RUNS AGROUND Material relating to newsreel story 'HMS Wave Runs Aground' - 52/81.

Selected Originals - H.M.S. WAVE RUNS AGROUND Material relating to newsreel story 'HMS Wave Runs Aground' - 52/81.

Selected Originals - H.M.S. WAVE RUNS AGROUND Material relating to newsreel story 'HMS Wave Runs Aground' - 52/81.

ONE SURVIVOR (aka TRAWLER DISASTER) One man survived the sinking of a trawler - 20 members of the crew were lost.

SPLIT SHIP Wreckage of American ship 'Grommet Reefer' which has split in half.

26 DIE IN LEBANON SHIPWRECK (aka THE WRECK OF THE CHAMPOLLION) Brave seamen set out in small boats to rescue survivors from a Liner.

Selected Originals - 26 DIE IN LEBANON SHIPWRECK (aka THE WRECK OF THE CHAMPOLLION) Material relating to newsreel story "26 Die In Lebanon Shipwreck" - 53/2

SURVIVORS AND DEAD OF PRINCESS VICTORIA SUNK IN THE IRISH SEA Surviving and dead crew members of ships that sunk off Belfast.

NORTH SEA DISASTER Aftermath of a sea disaster when "Duke of York" collided with American ship "Haiti Victory".

BRITISH STEAMER STRANDED Cargo steamer "Spanker" runs aground off he Hook of Holland.

Standard Oil Fire.

YOKOHAMA FIRE Buildings on fire in Yokohama.

Selected Originals - 10 RESCUED IN ATLANTIC GALE Material relating to newsreel story "10 Rescued in Atlantic Gale" - 55/5

HEADLINE HIGHLIGHTS 1956 - ANDREA DORIA A YEAR OF DISASTER Aerial views of sinking "Andrea Doria". Fire raging on Brooklyn waterfront.

FLUSHING - SHIPWRECK Swedish tanker 'Vittangi' runs aground near Flushing, Holland.

SS MALTA WRECKED (aka SHIPWRECK OFF MALTA). The Star of Malta runs aground on a rock off Draguna Point, Malta.

CADETS SAVED FROM SINKING KETCH Students of the Southampton Navigation school rescued from sinking ketch.

CASABLANCA - PAMIR SURVIVORS ARRIVE Survivors from sunk ship Pamir arrive back home to Hamburg.

ONE JOB JETTY A special jetty is built to remove the cargo from a stranded ship in Morocco.

SAFETY AT SEA Men demonstrate the inflatable Elliot life raft for use on fishing ships.

SHIP COLLISION - LINER CUTS TANKER'S BOW Two ships collided outside New York Harbour, USA.

AMMUNITION SHIP 'WOOMERA' BLOWS UP The Australian ammunition ship 'Woomera' explodes near Sydney.

FIRE DESTROYS US AIRCRAFT CARRIER CONSTELLATION 49 DIE Aftermath of the fire on the US aircraft carrier 'Constellation'

TANKER TORN APART BY RAGING SEAS Tanker 'Pine Ridge' capsized off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina

SHIP SINKS AT WEIR Ship "Persephone" sinks at weir on River Maas, Holland.

'titanic' Survivor Breeds Clydesdales At...

Whaler Capsizes In Kiel Harbour - W Germany Ms

The Liner 'venezuela' Aground Off Cannes. L.

SEARCH FOR THRESHER IN VAIN Search for Thresher submarine fails to find missing submarine.

ARGENTINA RIVER BOAT DRAMA River boat submerges in Argentina.

SHIP RAMS HOUSE! Russian freighter goes ashore, destroying sea front houses.

TRAGEDY AT SEA An Australian destroyer sinks after a collision with an aircraft carrier.

RESCUE IN NORTH ATLANTIC British freighter 'Ambassador' rescued in North Atlantic.

LAKONIA DISASTER - FIRE AT SEA Aerial views of Lakonia and ships going to its aid.

FIRST OF 'LAKONIA' SURVIVORS ARRIVE 'Lakonia' burning at sea, crowded reception hall at London Airport with survivors arriving.

SHIPS CRASH IN MID ATLANTIC - LINER CUTS TANKER IN HALF

THE END OF THE PING AN Hong Kong ship runs aground off Dutch coast and Dutch coast guards jump to help.

TANKERS COLLIDE IN NEW YORK Two oil tankers crash in New York Harbour. Fire sweeps one of the ships.

MOUNTAIN RESCUE A mountain rescue is carried out at Betheda near Betws-y-Coed, Wales.

SAND v. HOUSES. Sand dunes by Dee Estuary in North Wales engulf houses.

WELL-DIGGER TRAPPED 26 HOURS: DIES. An American trapped while digging a well dies despite massive efforts to free him.

Selected Originals - 4 TRAPPED BY CAVE - IN Material relating to newsreel story "4 Trapped By Cave - In" - 52/34.

JOHN COBB DIES An accident on Loch Ness kills Cobb during attempt on Water Speed Record.

MOTOR-PACED CYCLE SPEED ATTEMPT ENDS - DISASTER French cyclist seriously injured trying to break world record

BUILDINGS COLLAPSE 17 people are killed after buildings collapse in Barletta, Italy.

LANDSLIDE DISASTER AT CASELLE A landslide causes great damage in Caselle.

ENTOMBED BOY SNATCHED FROM DEATH Miners work round the clock to dig out a boy trapped 23 feet below the ground.

FIGHT FOR A LIFE Rescue workers save a girl trapped in space between two walls in Rhode Island.

SCAFFOLDING COLLAPSES IN REGENT STREET Scaffolding from Dickens & Jones department store collapses in Regent Street, London

ORDEAL IN ALPS A terrifying accident leaves people stranded on an Alpine cable car.

CABLE CAR DRAMA IN ALPS Helicopters rescuing survivors from site of a cable car accident on snow slopes.

EMBANKMENT COLLAPSES ON FIVE HOUSES - SEOUL Bereaved relatives waiting for news, rescue operators at night.

Crane Crashes On Building - Melbourne

SHEFFIELD - BURNLEY WIN Football: Burnley beat Sheffield 6-0 in 6th round FA cup.

FLYOVER DISASTER Footage of flyover disaster in Strathclyde Clyde.

NEWS FROM AUSTRIA A Landslide near Innsbruck creates problems.

BELGIAN BRIDGE COLLAPSE A bridge collapses in the night in Belgium.

CRANE COLLAPSES IN NEW YORK Crane collapses in the middle of 42nd Street in New York's Manhattan.

Selected Originals - THIS IS TRAGEDY - ABERFAN DISASTER Nearly two hundred children buried in mud at landslide

QUEEN AND DUKE VISIT ABERFAN DISASTER AREA Over one hundred school-children and many adults perish in the Aberfan disaster

ABERFAN DISASTER - CUTS Various footage from Aberfan one year on after the mining disaster.

Selected Originals - THIS IS TRAGEDY - ABERFAN DISASTER Nearly two hundred children buried in mud at landslide

MINERS DRAMATIC RESCUE Workers are rescued after collapse of roof in French limestone mine.

TRAPPED MINERS RESCUED FROM ATOMIC SHAFT Four men are rescued from a nuclear test hole in the Nevada Desert.

MINERS RESCUED Three miners are rescued from pit in Germany.

11 MINERS ALL SAVED 11 more miners are rescued from flooded mine. Germany.

DOUBLE DISASTER IN JAPAN A mine explosion and a railway crash happen within hours of each other in Japan.

MAN TRAPPED IN MINE ROCK FALL Man saved from mine after rock fall.

MINE DISASTER Rescue operation to try and save three trapped men in flooded mine. Germany.

Coal Mine Disaster.

BOYS RESCUED FROM MINE Boys rescued from mine in Pittsburgh, USA.

RESCUE! Two trapped miners are rescued after 14 days. Hazleton, Pennsylvania. America.

SOUTH AFRICAN MINING DISASTER Main shaft of colliery, Africans wrapped in blankets.

Mine Disaster In The Saar Gv

Mine Disaster In Saarbrucken Cu

MINE DISASTER TRAPS 260 Underground fire traps 260 miners in the 'Bitter Heart' colliery at Marcinelle.

LANARKSHIRE PIT DISASTER Water is pumped into Auchengeich Colliery to tackle fire which killed 46 miners.

THE TRAGEDY OF BITTER HEART Funeral of the victims of Bitter Heart mine disaster.

MINES RESCUE STATION Mines' rescue crew at Wakefield on practice exercise.

EASSINGTON COLLIERY DISASTER Police attend site of Colliery disaster

CAPETOWN EXPERIENCES ROUGH WEATHER Storm rages across Capetown.

128 TRAPPED IN PIT DISASTER. Miners in a Scottish pit are trapped underground as shaft collapses in flood.

CRESSWELL PIT DISASTER Aftermath of coal mine disaster in Nottinghamshire, Philip Noel-Baker visits scene.

FOREST FIRES USA Large area of forest in fire in Oregon.

MILLION POUNDS DAMAGE IN NEW ENGLAND) Huge forest fires in New England cause massive devastation.

OIL REFINERY FIRE: CANADA

FIRE SERVICE DISPLAY National Fire Service display at Westminster.

DISASTERS - FIRE IN SYDNEY AUSTRALIA

KING CROSS FIRE DAMAGE Aftermath of the Kings Cross station fire.

BURNING PLANE CRASH A C-54 plane one engine burning makes an emergency landing at Washington Airport.

FIRE BRIGADE INSPECTED AT CLAPHAM COMMON Inspection of Auxiliary Fire Service on Clapham Common, London.

Disasters - Firemen

SWEDISH GRAND PRIX Crashes mar motor racing scenes from the Swedish Grand Prix.

B 29 CRASH Flying fortress B-29 crashes at Newark.

WAREHOUSE FIRE AT GOOLE A warehouse fire in Goole Docks causes damage to property.

FIRE AT LONDON DOCKS Massive fire at Barking docks

A CHURCH ABLAZE Firemen in New York try to put out a fire in All Soul’s Church.

AROUND BRITAIN - FOREST FIRE

AROUND BRITAIN - HAMPSHIRE HEATH BLAZE Heathland fire in Hampshire.

PEOPLE IN CAMERA - PRINCESS'S HOME BURNS Sunninghill Park burns down.

PAPER SHIP SAVED FROM FIRE

FRONT PAGE - ROME FILM FIRE A fire in an Italian film company causes devastation and deaths.

165,000 GALLONS OF BLAZING OIL Large fire in the New Jersey oil refineries.

NIGHT SHOTS OF LARGE FIRE Kalaung airport petrol dump blaze at night.

WORLD AT YOUR ELBOW - SAN FRANCISCO FIRE STRIKES A terrible fire guts buildings at the American Naval Base on Treasure Island.

WIDE WIDE WORLD - TEXAS CITY AFTERMATH Aftermath of Texas City fire.

NAVY YARD FIRE Harbour in flames, fire service at work.

Pathe Cameraman Honoured.

BANGKOK ON FIRE Images of Bangkok fire.

FIRE AND FIREMEN - PULPWOOD FIRE Large timber fire at Ottawa, Canada.

FIRES SWEEP NATION Fires across United States.

PARIS A large fire in Paris causes £1,000,000 of damage and leaves 300 homeless.

Burning Buildings in Background of Picture...

FRONT PAGE - USA An oil tanker explodes and destroys Los Angeles harbor.

FAWLEY FIRE Huge oil refinery fire in North Southampton.

FIREMEN FIGHT TO SAVE BLAZING SHIP Firemen battle to save a burning ship in London docks.

LIFTING APPARATUS Bedford fire brigade demonstrate new inflatable apparatus for lifting up crashed cars.

AN EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT The American liner heeled over in Seattle Harbour caus

WATER COOLED SUIT Water cooled suit for industrial and military use.

PORT SUEZ - OIL REFINERY Israeli army shells Egyptian oil refinery at Port Suez.

NEW FIRE FIGHTER New chemical BCF is used to fight aircraft fires.

Selected originals - NEW FIRE FIGHTER

SYDNEY OIL FIRE Firemen put out a fire at an oil company in Balmain in Australia

NEW JERSEY CHEMICAL FIRE Smouldering, ice-covered ruins of chemical plant after explosion.

EXTREMES MEET Aftermath of a terrifying cloudburst in California.

SPRING FLOODS AT OKLAHOMA Terrible scenes of flooded countryside in Oklahoma.

APOLLO AFTERMATH Apollo One space capsule is lowered onto lorry at Cape Kennedy after tragic accident.

NEW YORK GAS FIRE Gas fire at Jamaica area in New York.

DAMAGE AFTER PLANE CRASH IN VIRGINIA

FIRES SCORCH 300 SQUARE MILES Fires caused by hot weather cause great damage in California. America (USA).

NEWS FROM AMERICA Damage caused by Hurricane.

10 MILE BUSH FIRE Forest fires in Victoria, Australia.

TALE OF 2 FIRES An Indonesian cargo boat burns in Amsterdam Harbour.

BOX FACTORY BLAZE IN SYDNEY Box factory ablaze at night.

FIRE GUTS BIG BLOCK A big housing block burns down in Boston, USA. People in surrounding areas run for safety.

$10 MILLION BLAZE Huge fire on New York's waterfront causes massive damage to dock area.

FIRE SWEEPS RICH AREA Forest and brush fires in Burbank, near Lose Angeles destroy expensive homes.

HOMES BURN IN LOS ANGELES FIRE burning buildings in Los Angeles, USA.

NEW YORK PIER FIRE New York firemen work hard to put out large blaze on a pier in the harbour.

LIFEBOAT DEFIES FIRE A fireproof lifeboat is tested in burning artificial lake at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire.

FIRE AT ATLANTIC CITY

DOCKSIDE DEFENCE Home Counties Fire Services combine in spectacular display at London's docks.

FOREST FIRE AND A DROUGHT IN AMERICA Drought And Forest Fires plague Northeast US around New Jersey and New York.

PAINT BEATS FIRE New fire resisting process demonstrated to public.

BUSH FIRE TAKES HEAVY TOLL Bush fire destruction in state of New York.

Joshua Nkomo Settles In Village

FIRE FIGHTING EXHIBITION

BATTERSEA EXPLOSION Exploding gas cylinders damage a haulage depot in London.

Fire At St. Andrews Hall Glasgow. Vs

RIOTERS FIRE GAOL 1,200 prisoners set fire to their gaol in Montreal, Canada.

AMERICA REPORTS Brush fires cause lots of damage. Including to Gene Autry's ranch and a Veterans Hospital.

FIRE AND ICE Huge floods in America - towns and countryside under water.

Sahara Petrol Blaze Ls

Hollywood Hills Fire Engulfs Many Famous Homes...

U.s. Navy's New Aircraft Carrier...

Fire Hits Air Force Base - Ohio

Chinese New Year Celebrations In Hong Kong

Munich Oil Fire - Munich

PREVENT THAT FIRE - REVIEW OF PREVENTION CAMPAIGN A look at nation-wide campaign to prevent fire and burns in home.

Los Angeles Fire Aftermath

Oil Well Fire Ls

BLAST WRECKS FLOUR MILLS A large flour mill in Dublin explodes and burns to the ground.

FRENCH FOREST FIRE - CASSIS Forest fire raging in Cassis & aftermath.

HOMES DESTROYED IN BRUSH FIRE IN HOLLYWOOD HILLS Shots at night of fire in Hollywood Hills destroying the home of Aldous Huxley.

FIREMEN TRAINING IN ITALY Firemen in training including lowering a man strapped to a stretcher using ropes.

NEW YORK FIRE KILLS THREE FIREMEN A fire in New York's Loft district causes the death of three firemen.

FIRE IN GREAT CHAPEL STREET Firemen removing bales of material from shop, Great Chapel Street and crowd.

FIRE AT EUSTON ROAD Fire at Fitzroy Place, Euston in London

AFTERMATH OF FIRE IN STORE Fire fighters working as the fire destroys store in Liverpool.

BRUSH FIRES OUT OF CONTROL IN CALIFORNIA From Canada to Mexico, homes on the west coast of America are threatened by raging fires.

ATLANTIC CITY OIL FIRE Huge petrol store fire in Atlantic City.

VIAREGGIO FIRE Remains of workshop in Viareggio which destroyed Carnival models.

NEWS FROM AMERICA - OIL TANK FIRE

NEWS IN FLASHES - FOREST FIRE ENVELOPS 4500 ACRES

Selected Originals - FIREMEN GIVE HOT SHOW

BLAZING LORRY Blazing Lorry on road between Shrewsbury and London.

BRUSH FIRE THREATENS HOLLYWOOD Brush fires destroy homes in Hollywood Hills, residents evacuate.

FOREST FIRES Firemen fight forest fires in Holland.

AFS EXERCISE Army fire services practice manoeuvres and routine exercises.

RUBBER DUMP FIRE Blazing rubber dump in Tottenham quelled by firefighters

FIREMEN GIVE HOT SHOW Display of athleticism and fire fighting by Italian fire brigade.

FIRE BIGGEST SINCE BLITZ Massive fires blaze in shops on Ilford High Road; aftermath looks like bomb damage.

BLAZE AT MALIBU 1500 firemen fight brush fire which threatens film stars' home in the Malibu Hills.

MARSEILLES REFINERY EXPLOSION FOLLOWS SABOTAGE BY ALGERIANS Various shots at night and the next day of an oil refinery burning fiercely

TRAGEDIES OF THE AIR Crew of a clipper plane that crashed in the Pacific and the charred wreckage of a plane that crashed in Montana.

TANKER BLAZE Terrible fire on board Norwegian petrol tanker ship at the Hook of Holland.

24 DIE IN LOFT FIRE A large fire in New York causes deaths in workshop on Broadway.

FIREMEN START A FIRE Parisian firefighters burn down a condemned housing area to test their equipment.

TWO DIE IN SMITHFIELD BLAZE Two firemen die trying to put out a blaze in the basement of Smithfield Market in London.

NEWS FROM USA - GAS MAIN EXPLOSION Gas explosion in New York

NEWS FROM GERMANY - NEW POWDER FOR FIRE EXTINGUISHING New powder based fire extinguisher shown off

FRANCE - RIVIERA BLAZE Forest fire at French Riviera.

Selected Originals - OXFORD STREET BLAZE (aka OXFORD ST BLAZE) Four women are saved from dead in a burning Oxford Street gown store.

OXFORD STREET BLAZE (aka OXFORD ST. BLAZE) Four women are saved from dead in a burning Oxford Street gown store.

JAGUARS COME BACK FIGHTING World famous Jaguar plant in Coventry is back in production after recent disastrous fire.

SYRACUSE FIRE Firemen struggle to put out a blaze in a Syracuse church.

FIVE MILLION DOLLAR GRAIN FIRE Fire in Chicago destroys 5 million dollars worth of grain and many buildings.

CATHEDRAL BLAZE American cathedral burns - the authorities suspect arson.

USA FIRES (aka FOREST BLAZE) Fire fighters trying to control blaze in Malibu Beach area of California.

NEWS FLASHES - FOREST FIRE

NEWS FLASHES - FOREST BLAZE THREATENS ALGIERS Huge forest fire threatens Algiers.

FIRE (aka NEW YORK BLAZE) New York firemen fight the city's most savage blaze for twenty years.

Selected Originals - PUSAN FIRE: 28,000 HOMELESS Material relating to newsreel story "Pusan Fire: 28,000 Homeless" - 53/95

BIG FIRE IN STEPNEY Nearly 200 London firemen are called out to deal with a fire at a warehouse.

U.S. CARRIER TRAGEDY 100 People are believed dead after explosion and fire in U.S. aircraft carrier "Bennington"

KOREA - OPERATION "COMEBACK" Ex Chinese and North Korean prisoners are set free and shipped to Formosa (Taiwan).

PARIS FIRE 17 firemen's barracks are alerted to cope with a blaze at a rubber tyre dump in Paris.

TELEGRAPH POLES ON FIRE aka DUBLIN FIRE) Burning pile of telegraph poles leads to soldiers and firemen battling a big blaze.

US NAVY FIRE FIGHTERS US Navy fire fighters put out blaze covering plane

SAFETY DEVICE QUELLS OIL BLAZE (aka OIL FIRE DEMONSTRATION AT NEW JERSEY) A new safety device is demonstrated for putting out fires in oil tanks.

HUGE FIRE IN NEW YORK Firemen deal with a large fire in Brooklyn.

Selected Originals - N.Y. PLANE CRASH Material relating to newsreel story 'N. Y. Plane Crash' - 52/31

1,100 FLEE FROM FOREST FIRE A huge forest fire in Washington State, USA burns through the town of Fork.

WOMAN ON PARAPET OF MAPLETON HOTEL - COVENTRY STREET Fire Engine hoists ladder to rescue woman from Mapleton Hotel Parapet

HARRIMAN IN PERSIA Averell Harriman tries to sort out Iranian oil crisis - A fire burns in the oil fields.

Selected Originals - US OIL FIRE (aka GAS TANK BLASTS ROCK NEWARK!) Material related to newsreel story "Mystery Explosions Start Oil Fire" - 51/57.

CALIFORNIA OIL TANK BLAZE A massive fire in a Los Angeles oil refinery sends up clouds of black smoke.

68 TRAPPED IN MONTREAL FIRE 68 people die in fire. Montreal, Canada.

TERRIBLE RAILWAY DISASTER The remains of a train are unrecognisable after an explosion caused by escaping gas and petrol. 14 people died.

FIRE IN TANKER. Firemen fighting blazing tanker Luisa at dockside in Venice.

11 KILLED IN US DISASTERS - CHICAGO. Huge fire in Chicago chemical works kills four.

Selected Originals - LONDON FIRE. Material related to newsreel story "Firemen Hurt In Big London Fire" - 50/73.

FIRE IN POLISH PORT Firemen work to put out a blaze on a ship in Gdynia port in Poland.

FIREMEN HURT IN BIG LONDON FIRE. A Paraffin factory and warehouse burn in a Thameside fire.

REDS DESTROY RUBBER FACTORY. Communist rebels set fire to a large rubber factory in Singapore.

FIREMEN FIGHT UNDERGROUND FIRE. Underground cables set on fire in a London street. Firemen move in to put out the blaze.

GOODYEAR RUBBER TIRE FACTORY FIRE

FIRE RESEARCH Fire research at Elstree

APARTMENT HOUSE BLAZE IN PHILADELPHIA Firemen attempt to put out house fire in Philadelphia

FIRE SWEEPS LONDON CATACOMBS A fire spreads under the market in Covent Garden.

COVENT GARDEN FIRE Firemen at basement fire in Covent Garden, London.

LIVERPOOL'S £2,000,000 DOCK BLAZE A rubber fire in Liverpool docks causes serious damage.

WAREHOUSE FIRE IN SAN FRANCISCO

FIRE SWEEPS FOREST - 71 DEAD Terrifying forest fires sweep across the Gironde Province in France.

CORK FIRE AT HAYES MIDDLESEX Firemen with hoses putting out smoking remains of cork fire, Hayes.

FRENCH FOREST FIRES Forest fires and devastated homes in French region of Gironde Province.

£70,000 FIRE DESTROYS GERMAN FILM STUDIOS The Geiselgasteig Film Studios in Munich burns down.

ONE MINUTE NEWS - SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco Paint Store Fire

MYSTERY FIRE - DETECTIVES CALLED IN Police suspect arson in warehouse fire in East London.

FIRE DESTROYS TOKYO STREET Japanese firefighters hard at work trying to hold back the flames.

SHIPS CRASH BURN IN DELAWARE BAY Pennsylvania Sun collision with victory ship.

WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF - TENEMENT FIRE A tenement building in Harlem gives lots of work for New York fire department.

HARBOUR FIRE AT OAKLAND CALIFORNIA Exploding fire, silhouette of firemen with hoses and surveying the aftermath.

ONE MINUTE NEWS - DARTFORD PAPER MILLS FIRE Paper fire in Dartford.

FIRE DESTROYS DUTCH WAREHOUSE Large Amsterdam warehouses are burned down in big fire.

BLAZE DESTROYS US ARMY BASE Huge and explosive fire in Californian army depot.

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - FIRE HEROINE New house for young fire heroine.

FIRE IN AMSTERDAM Account of firemen with hoses and fire boats fighting dockside warehouse fire.

CANADIAN OILFIELD FIRE General views of a billion dollar oil fire.

PAPER MILLS FIRE

FIRE CALL showing how a London fire brigade responds to a call

AIRPORT FIRE ENGINE Airport fire engines react quickly to put out blazing aircraft

FIRE RESEARCH Research into flammable materials is carried out at Elstree in Hertfordshire.

FOREST FIRE CONTROL Forestry Commission fire brigade put out small fire in Thetford Chase Forest, Norfolk.

300 DIE IN LUDWIGSHAFEN EXPLOSION German paint factory blows up killing hundreds of people and wounding thousands.

TEXAS CITY TODAY Texas City recovers three months after the fire tragedy.

THRILLING MOTOR RACE CRASH Incredible footage of a road crash at the finish of a race in France.

DISASTROUS FIRE Hibernian Military School is badly damaged in a fire, luckily no lives were lost.

FLOODS IN IRELAND Heavy floods in rural areas - roads and fields are completely submerged.

A STORM VICTIM A half submerged sailing ship off the coast of Ireland.

BIG DOCK FIRE AT CALAIS Calais docks on fire, France.

AFTER 14 YEARS UNDER THE SEA Liberte, a French cruiser which exploded in 1911, is raised

MAKE THE BEST OF IT French jockeys are forced to race rowing boats instead of horses due to heavy flooding.

STOP LONG DISTANCE FLYING Marnier and Furneau's crashed plane is seen at ......

ROYAL SYMPATHY FOR FLOOD VICTIMS King Albert comforts victims of the floods in Namur, Belgium.

CANADA'S WORST BLIZZARD Snowy scenes in Canada, includes beautiful views of Niagara Falls.

FOREST FIRES SWEEP COUNTRYSIDE Forest fires devastate the town of Haileyburg, Canada.

THE SUPER TEST - TORONTO Daring motorcyclists attempt to ride up a very steep hill.

1500 KILLED, 2000 INJURED the devastation caused by an earthquake and tidal wave in Chile.

EXPRESS TRAIN DISASTER Shots of a wrecked steam train at Shepreth in Cambridgeshire.

SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL THEATRE Shakespeare Memorial of the World is destroyed by fire.

EXPRESS TRAIN DISASTER Shots of the twisted wreckage following a train crash.

OXHEY MYSTERY CHASM A suburban house has a huge hole in its front garden.

EXPRESS TRAIN DISASTER A crane clears the wreckage of a crash between a train and goods engine which cost four lives.

30,000 MAROONED BY COLLISION King's Ferry Bridge is wrecked by a collision

FOOD SHIP ON FIRE AT ROYAL ALBERT DOCKS The extensive damage suffered by the "Prince Hubertus" after a fire which destroyed the ship.

EXPRESS TRAIN SMASH Wreckage of two trains after head on collision.

STILL THEY COME An underground gas explosion causes damage to road and property but no lives are lost.

COAST GUARD US Coast Guard men rescue the crew of a damaged merchant ship off the coast of Florida.

SEATTLE US (aka PLANE CRASH AT SEATTLE) American Navy sailors clear debris from aeroplane crash in Seattle.

MILLION TON LANDSLIDE Landslide in LA causes debris to spill onto roads and viaducts.

VIRGINIA'S AIRPORT (aka LANGLEY FIELDS) Airport birthday celebrations marred when aeroplane in display crashes, killing the pilot.

CALIFORNIA FLOODS Bad flooding in California, USA.

OIL FIRE IN USA Good shots of explosions coming out of a natural gas well in California.

TRAIN CRASH AT PITTSBURGH Locomotive crash where the steam train engine fell from an embankment to the street 50 feet below.

US LINER AGROUND (aka AMERICAN LINER AGROUND) (LNER) The American liner 'President Hoover' runs aground off the coast of Formosa.

MINE BLAST - SULLIVAN USA Mine blast in Sullivan, Indiana kills twenty.

SHIP ON FIRE OFF BALTIMORE Liner 'City of Baltimore' burned at sea.

NEW JERSEY - BOOTLEG SPIRIT CAUSES FOREST FIRE (LNER) Forest fire caused by bootleg spirit.

NEW YORK - BUILDINGS FOLD UNDER RAIN STORM Three blocks of buildings collapse under rain storm in downtown New York.

PETROL PUMP FIRE IN USA Petrol pump fire in San Francisco.

CAMPBELL IS BACK Donald Campbell returns home and talks about his escape from death on the Salt Flats.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL Flooding in Colorado

Fire at Rubber Factory

EL SALVADOR - EARTHQUAKE Earthquake in El Salvador kills 250 people.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - FLOODS IN U.S.

FLOODS IN AMERICA Images of the flooded American town

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - PLANE CRASH AT SAN FRANCISCO

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - SHIPS IN COLLISION AT SAN FRANCISCO

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - BLAZING FREIGHTER IN BOSTON

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - TEXAS SCHOOL EXPLOSION

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - ACTUAL RESCUE AT SEA

MINE DISASTER IN U.S.A. Families waiting around the pit after mine disaster in Birmingham, USA.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - SPRING STORMS WARNING

FIRE AT MINNESOTA Huge forest fires devastate large areas in Minnesota

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - STORM DAMAGE IN TEXAS

BRITISH SCHOONER AGROUND (NEWS IN A NUTSHELL)

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL Big Fire in Massachusetts

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - COAL DUST EXPLOSION

MONTANA EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE An earthquake in Montana causes a huge amount of damage to the buildings in the area.

Brush fire in California

FLOODS IN US Flooding in Upstate New York knocks houses from their foundations.

THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY QUESTION! Col. Hutchinson talks about the potential

STEPPING ON THE GAS Car racing from America - features a nasty crash.

... IN A FEW SECONDS OF TIME A tornado smashes a through homes in Dayton, Ohio.

AN UNQUENCHABLE FIRE Huge cork fire at Lyndhurst, New Jersey.

A DRAMA OF THE SKY American Navy man lifted into the air when airship Akron lift

A SAGA OF THE SEA Various rescue attempts try to save the crew of a ship beached

TRAGEDY ... FANTASTIC IN ITS HORROR Wreckage of ship that exploded in New York h

ROME FLOODS River Tiber bursts its banks, police help people escape from flooded homes.

STROMBOLI BURSTS INTO VIOLENT ACTIVITYVolcanic scenes from Islands off Italy. Pr

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - FLOODS IN LITHUANIA

NEWS FLASHES - VENEZUELA Fourteen people dies and many are wounded as half completed bridge collapses in Caracas.

BIG DAM DISASTER Crack in dam wall causes floods in Los Angeles, California.

FLOODS HIT BRAZIL A burst dam causes the river Jaguaribe to flood the valley. Brazil, South America.

BUT NOW DROUGHT THREATENS BRITAIN Hot weather and lack of rain sees low water levels in English Reservoirs.

MORE FLOODS Disastrous floods in Hungary.

DEEP SEA DIVER BREAKING WRECKED SHIPS Divers break wrecked ships in parts so they can be salvaged.

NEWS FROM USA - VANGUARD BLOWS UP Unsuccessful launching of America's first satellite.

ATLAS BLOWS UP Spectacular explosion as long-range missile 'Atlas' blows up on the launching pad.

NEWS FROM AMERICA

AGENA ROCKET FAILS AFTER TAKE OFF Agena rocket falls back to earth shortly after takeoff.