North Wales Train Smash

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1108A
Date Released
31 Aug 1950
Date submitted
28 Aug 1950
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: North Wales Train Smash. DESCRIPTION: The Irish Mail from Holyhead to Euston becomes a mass of distorted wreckage when it ran into another locomotive near Penmaenmawr, North Wales. Considering the large number of passengers aboard which amounted to 520, the casualty list was very light. SHOTLIST: KS MS wreckage of carriage. Various shots of wrecked train, carriages strewn about. Men burning with electric burners. Stretchers carried away. Elevated GV of wrecked train. CU name of station Penmaenmawr.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Cardiff or Glasgow.
Keywords
Railways; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Penmaenmawr
Card file number
54252
Credits:
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
71
Story extras:
Film clip

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'North Wales Train Smash', British Movietone News Issue No. 1108A, 31 Aug 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16629 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)