Nigerian Train Crash

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1479

Date Released

7 Oct 1957

Date submitted

2 Oct 1957

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1A King Laid to Rest
2. 2Crisis in San Marino
3. 3Zoo News
4. 4Nigerian Train Crash
5. 5The Indian Scene
6. 6The Britannia Shield
7. 7UN Trailer

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Nigerian Train Crash. DESCRIPTION: Near Ibadan in Nigeria, the Lagos to Kano passenger train left the tracks and plunged over an embankment. Heavy casualties were feared, early estimates put the killed at fifty and the injured at over a hundred. But several hundred more had still to be accounted for. SHOTLIST: GV scene. Pan up from river to wreck. CU ‘Lagos Nguni’ sign on train. Tender on top of carriage. Wreck of train. MS rescuers. CU smashed coaches. People searching among wrecked coaches. Rescuers pulling on ropes. Same. Priest steps from coach. Women on ground with bandaged arm. Pan up from belongings to wreck.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Environment; Railways; Accidents and disasters; Religion and belief

Locations

Nigeria

Footage sources

Central Office of Information

Card file number

71804

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

83

Story extras:

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