Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Passenger - Mail Trains Crash

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
985A
Date Released
22 Apr 1948
Date submitted
19 Apr 1948
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 8
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Winsford Rail Crash. DESCRIPTION: The Glasgow mail train ploughed into the stationary Glasgow to London express at Winsford, Cheshire. SHOTLIST: KS Pan of wreckage. Various static and pans of wrecked trains. MS Royal Mail van being lifted from wreckage. Mail bags being piled up at side of track. Various shots of wreckage, people in background looking on. Pan of steam engine City of Nottingham.
Keywords
Railways; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Cheshire
Card file number
50128
Credits:
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
72
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Passenger - Mail Trains Crash', British Movietone News Issue No. 985A, 22 Apr 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15069 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)