Holiday Crash

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1626

Date Released

1 Aug 1960

Date Other

Jul 1960

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Princess in West Country
2. 2Cabinet Changes
3. 3Holiday Crash
4. 4Ike Visits Sub
5. 5Canadian Gift to Navy
6. 6Trouble Spot
7. 7Kenya Bound

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Holiday Crash. DESCRIPTION: A coach tour from Ostend to Davos crashed into a barn on the German frontier with 41 British holidaymakers on board. 29 passengers were injured, but it’s almost incredible that nobody was killed. SHOTLIST: GV barn. Coach pan to barn. People looking at wrecked coach. MS same. Interior wreckage. MS coach.

Keywords

Vehicles; Accidents and disasters

Locations

West Germany

Card file number

80779

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

65

Story extras:

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