Narrow Escape

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1636A
Date Released
13 Oct 1960
Date submitted
9 Oct 1960
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Royal Visit to Perth
  2. 2Champion Driver on Form
  3. 3Narrow Escape
  4. 4British Cars on Show
  5. 5For Autumn Wear

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Narrow Escape. DESCRIPTION: Hardly a happy landing, but certainly a lucky one, for this four-engined Hermes airliner was carrying 76 people, all of whom escaped. The aircraft came down at Southend, but failed to stop after landing. It turned off at the end of the runway, ploughed through a field and finished up with its nose on the Southend to Liverpool Street electric railway. It’s reported that a train had passed just before the crash, and that another was due. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS the nose of the Hermes airliner on railway track. GV same. Pan to tail of airliner. MS tail, pan to under-carriage. MCU nose of plane on track. CU same (head on) MS airliner’s propellers. MCU under-carriage. Low angle shot under-carriage. MCU nose of plane pan to tail.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Aviation; Railways; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Southend-on-Sea; England
Card file number
81239
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Length of story (in feet)
80
Story extras:
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