Holiday Tragedy

Series

Series Name

Pathe Super Sound Gazette

Issue

Super Issue No.

33/46

Date Released

8 Jun 1933

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1For the Last Time
2. 2America’s Wembley
3. 3Holiday Tragedy
4. 4Over 1,500 Ex-Servicemen
5. 5Solemn Blessing

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

14 dead and hundreds injured as train packed with holiday makers, mostly working class people, jumps the rail at 60 mph.

Keywords

Railways; Accidents and disasters

Locations

France; Nantes

Footage sources

Pathe Journal   187

Length of story (in feet)

93

Story extras:

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