Paris Express Disaster

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

233-2

Date Released

12 Feb 1916

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1In Honour of Canadians
2. 2Paris Express Disaster
3. 3Saucy Arethusa’s Captain Married
4. 4Armchair Cookery
5. 5Father Decorates Son

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "Fourteen persons were killed and forty injured in an accident to the Paris Express at St. Denis. The train collided with a goods truck which had been shunted on to the wrong line." Long shot of wrecked coaches. Men standing around the derailed locomotive. View down at wreckage and debris scattered across several lines. Men working among the wreckage.

Keywords

Railways; Accidents and disasters

Length of story (in feet)

57

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Film Archive

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British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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