The Front Page: Niagara Bridge collapses

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

453

Date Released

7 Feb 1938

Date submitted

6 Feb 1938

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Front Page: Niagara Bridge collapses
2. 2The Front Page: Hong Kong on the alert
3. 3The Front Page: Von Blomberg crisis in Germany
4. 4The Front Page: The "Roman Step"
5. 5Aviation: The Short-Mayo Composite plane in flight
6. 6Sports Page: Boxing - Kane v Offermans at Liverpool Stadium
7. 7Sports Page: Boxing - At Harringay Police Boxing Contest
8. 8Sports Page: Braddock and Farr interviewed
9. 9Around Town

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 9

Section Title

The Front Page

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Niagara Falls Bridge Collapses Under Pressure of Ice. SHOTLIST: The dramatic twenty-four hour conflict of ice against steel reaches the climax just after 4 o’clock in the afternoon, when the Falls View International Bridge collapses into the ice-jammed gorge of the Niagara River. Thousands of spectators watch from both sides of the gorge as the great steel structure collapses.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Weather; Environment; Accidents and disasters; Engineering

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

32521

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

65

Story extras:

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