News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1337A

Date Released

20 Jan 1955

Date submitted

17 Jan 1955

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Maritime News
• 2. Maritime News
• 3. Mr Hammarskjold Reports
• 4. Headline Briefs - Costa Rica
• 5. Headline Briefs - USA
• 6. Headline Briefs - West Germany
• 7. Headline Briefs - Italy
• 8. The Sporting Scene - Sailing
• 9. The Sporting Scene - Water Skiing
• 10. It’s Fun While It Lasts
• 11. It’s Fun While It Lasts
• 12. It’s Fun While It Lasts
• *The Scottish Scene
• *The Scottish Scene

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 12

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Verden Train Crash. DESCRIPTION: Two lives were lost in the train wreck which occurred on a bridge over the River Aller, twenty miles from Bremen. SHOTLIST: Shots all round the scene of the crash which is clearly on a bridge across a river. Some of the two trains involved were lying in the river. (A passenger train had collided with a goods train which was loaded with drums of petrol). There are of course some shots of the wreckage actually burning.

Keywords

Accidents and disasters

Locations

West Germany; Verden

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

62689

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

50

Story extras:

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