Tragedy on a Mountain

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1680

Date Released

14 Aug 1961

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Northern Ireland’s Welcome
2. 2Tragedy on a Mountain
3. 3Show Jumping in Dublin
4. 4Getting over It
5. 5Hero’s Welcome for Titov

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tragedy on a Mountain. DESCRIPTION: Approaching Sola Airport near Stavanger, 7 minutes before scheduled touch down, bad weather forced the Viking off course and towards complete destruction on a mountain peak. Here, amid the scattered wreckage, lay the dead, thirty-four schoolboys, their two masters and the three members of the crew. SHOTLIST: Key scene. Aerial over Stavanger. Various shots from plane - plane is seen in some shots. Various aerials showing wreckage of plane. LS same. LS same. LS mountains. MS wreckage.

Keywords

Aviation; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Norway; Stavanger

Footage sources

Shipment

Card file number

82992A

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

92

Story extras:

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