Headline Briefs - West Germany

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1337A
Date Released
20 Jan 1955
Date submitted
17 Jan 1955
Stories in this Issue:

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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
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