Accidents Keynote New Year

Series

Series Name
British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.
1550
Date Released
7 Jan 1946
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Britons Win Nobel Prize
  2. 2Accidents Keynote New Year
  3. 3I Saw Japan Mix by Douglas Hardy - Paramount War Correspondent
  4. 4Steelworks Gives Party to Three Thousand

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
a. Eight die, hundreds injured at Lichfield in collision between local train and fish express. b. Ammunition train at Savernake blows up. Eight soldiers lose life.
Keywords
Weapons; Railways; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Wiltshire; England; Staffordshire; Lichfield; Cadley
Library number
14960
Credits:
Camera
Lovat H. Cave-Chinn
Camera
Ronald L. Read
Length of story (in feet)
106
Story extras:
Production Documents

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Notes
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