News in Brief: Rail Disaster

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1468A
Date Released
25 Jul 1957
Date Other
Jul 1957
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Theatre News
  2. 2News in Brief: Aiming for the Title
  3. 3News in Brief: Rail Disaster
  4. 4News in Brief: Tricky Flying
  5. 5News in Brief: An ‘Invasion’
  6. 6Ibbotson’s Record
  7. 7Car Trial Hazards
  8. 8Moss Wins at Aintree

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 8
Section Title
News in Brief
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rail Disaster. DESCRIPTION: The wreckage of the Nice-Paris express, which crashed near Avignon. 3 of the 21 lives lost were British. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the Nice-Paris express which crashed near Avignon. Shots of the workers trying to clear the wreckage. Various shots of the wreckage.
Keywords
Railways; Accidents and disasters
Locations
France
Footage sources
France
Card file number
71303
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
38
Story extras:
Film clip

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