Tragic Plane Crash
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 10
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tragic Plane Crash. DESCRIPTION: The scene of the disaster near Manchester Airport, told the story of the tragic crash of the Viscount Discovery, when coming in to land after a flight from Amsterdam. The toll in life was heavy. This was the first fatal accident to a Viscount, and the first to a British European Airways plane in four years. SHOTLIST: General view of wreckage. Wreckage. Firemen. Ramming window. Hole in house. Pulling ropes. Smoke and fire.
- Keywords
- Aviation; Accidents and disasters
- Locations
- Manchester
- Card file number
- 70092
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Camera
- James Humphries
- Length of story (in feet)
- 62
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