Japan - Train Tragedy

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1797A

Date Released

14 Nov 1963

Date submitted

9 Nov 1963

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Japan - Train Tragedy. DESCRIPTION: The scene, Yokohama, where a passenger train collided with a derailed freight train. Another passenger train, travelling in the opposite direction, crashed into the wreckage. The tragedy caused the death of 164 people, with many seriously injured. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV pan crashed train. GV pan same. CU smashed carriage. CU wrecked carriage. CU same. GV people searching amongst wreckage. CU same. CU pan up same. GV pan carriage lifted from another. GV pan wreckage. MS woman by coffin.

Keywords

Railways; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Japan; Yokohama

Footage sources

France

Card file number

87533

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

104

Story extras:

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