News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

57/4

Date Released

10 Jan 1957

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Mont Blanc Tragedy
• 2. Welwyn Train Crash
• 3. Oil Revenue Makes the Desert Bloom
• 4. Commonwealth Fashions
• 5. Cathedral Blaze
• 6. Spurs v Leicester
• *Manchester City v Newcastle

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

Miraculously, only one man is killed when the express from Aberdeen crashes into a local train at Welwyn Garden City.

Keywords

Railways; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Hatfield

Credits:

Camera

Pat Whitaker

Length of story (in feet)

96

Story extras:

Film clip

Pathe Icon Pathé

Production Documents

• Commentary
• Dope Sheet
• Shot List

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Film Archive

Name

British Pathe Ltd

Email

info@britishpathe.com

Web

https://www.britishpathe.com/

Phone

0207 665 8340

Address

3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE

Notes

Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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