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News in a Nutshell: Wapping Fire

Date released

28 Jan 1935

Series name

Pathe Super Sound Gazette

Issue no

35/8

NoS ID

091947

Story no

8 / 10

Extras

1 film clip

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Piper Alpha: The Human Price of Oil (1988 Video)

Producer

Charles Furneaux

Subject

Engineering; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 40 minutes), £195.00

In July 1988, 167 men were killed in the world’s worst oil industry disaster to date. Using interviews with eyewitnesses who were aboard the ‘Piper Alpha’ oil rig, questions the standards of design and...

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Prince Charles speech to Master Mariners (1988)

Genre

Speech

Excerpt from humorous speech by Prince Charles, Prince of Wales to the Company of Master Mariners in London, in which he reveals some of the blunders and disasters of his days in the Royal Navy.

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David Samuelson (1924-2015)

Date

2 Nov 2015, 13:32

Author

Linda

Post Type

Post

David Samuelson, one of the few surviving British newsreel cameramen, passed away on 28th October at the age of 91. He joined British Movietone News as a projectionist in 1941 progressing through the cutting...

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Flyover Collapse

Date released

28 Jun 1962

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

62/52

NoS ID

110238

Story no

4 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Strange tragedy on one of the approaches to the new Forth Road Bridge.

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Crash Pilot Safe and Sound

Date released

8 Oct 1959

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

59/81

NoS ID

108849

Story no

5 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Johnnie Squier, P1 test pilot, knows why plane crashed.

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Concrete Ships Runs Amok

Date released

20 Jan 1921

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

491-1

NoS ID

127986

Story no

5 / 5

[SUBTITLE]: "Smashes broadside on into Southend Pier during midnight gale."

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Forestry Disaster: Gale Destroys Two Years’ Supply

Date released

23 Feb 1953

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2294

NoS ID

044255

Story no

1 / 9

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Gale which caused floods also devastated Scottish forests. A million and a quarter tons of timber blown down.

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News in Flashes: Drought Dries Up Reservoir

Date released

15 Oct 1959

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

59/83

NoS ID

108856

Story no

3 / 7

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Drought dries up reservoir.

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Abermule Train Smash Horror

Date released

31 Jan 1921

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

492-2

NoS ID

127996

Story no

1 / 3

[SUBTITLE]: "Appalling wreckage in head-on collision in wilds of Wales. Sixteen were killed." Shots of the wreckage and men at work clearing the line.

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