Rush-Hour Tragedy
Series
- Series Name
- Pathe News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 3
- Summary
- A sunny afternoon in Oxford Street - late closing day, the busiest of the week - is suddenly blackened by tragedy. A double-decker bus, out of control, mounts the pavement; seven are dead and eleven injured, in a disaster which has shocked London.
- Keywords
- Accidents and disasters
- Locations
- London; Oxford Street
- Footage sources
- Library
- Credits:
-
- Camera
- Kenneth G. Goddard
- Camera
- Pat Whitaker
- Length of story (in feet)
- 130
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How to cite this record
'Rush-Hour Tragedy', Pathe News Issue No. 57/49, 17 Jun 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/107703 (Accessed 07 Feb 2025)