News in Brief: Rail Disaster
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 8
- Section Title
- News in Brief
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rail Disaster. DESCRIPTION: The wreckage of the Nice-Paris express, which crashed near Avignon. 3 of the 21 lives lost were British. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the Nice-Paris express which crashed near Avignon. Shots of the workers trying to clear the wreckage. Various shots of the wreckage.
- Keywords
- Railways; Accidents and disasters
- Locations
- France
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 71303
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 38
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How to cite this record
'News in Brief: Rail Disaster', British Movietone News Issue No. 1468A, 25 Jul 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21819 (Accessed 25 Jun 2025)