Air Disaster: 44 Die As Plane Explodes In Air

Clip: 353713_1_1

Year Shot: 1955 (Actual Year)

Audio: Yes

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1610

Original Film: 028-723-01

HD: N/A

Location: Colorado

Timecode: 00:34:49 - 00:35:24

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Audio is low on screener Only a few minutes after take-off from Denver, a mid-air explosion rips a Seattle-bound airliner apart, killing all 44 aboard. At the scene where the wreckage fell, investigations for clues to the unexplained blast sift twisted fragments that tell of a shocking disaster. Establishing shot - Rescuers carrying a body wrapped in a white sheet. MCUS - Two rescue workers looking at the twisted mass of once a plane. CUS - Part of the up-side-down fuselage. CUS - Passenger seats. MS/WA - Farmland where the plane crashed. MCUS - Tail part of the plane, United Air Lines but just the word United is on the tail.