New York Underground Wreck

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1174
Date Released
3 Dec 1951
Date submitted
29 Nov 1951
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1New York Underground Wreck
  2. 2Modernising Uganda
  3. 3Animal News
  4. 4Goliath Arrives
  5. 5England and Austria Draw at Wembley
  6. *Prince Philip in Newcastle

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New York Underground Wreck. DESCRIPTION: Under a New York street, two subway trains recently crashed in the Central Railroad tunnel near fashionable Park Avenue. Twenty-seven passengers were injured. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. MS wreckage of trains. Passengers being assisted off trains, GV Park Avenue. Police assist in helping people to ground level. Various shots of wreckage. Passenger being carried in arms out of wreckage.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Newcastle.
Keywords
Railways; Accidents and disasters
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
56433
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
77
Story extras:
Film clip

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