Trains Pile Up

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1538
Date Released
24 Nov 1958
Date submitted
20 Nov 1958
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Trains Pile Up. DESCRIPTION: It was at Hitchin, in Hertfordshire and the third three-train pile up within a few weeks; first a freight train ran into the back of the goods train in front. Then down from Yorkshire came goods train number three, hit the lot and completely blocked the other line. Nobody was hurt. SHOTLIST: LS wreck. GV wreckage. MS same. GV same. MS two trucks one being lifted. MS several trucks on line. MS engine lying on side. CU same. CU same - trucks on top. CU wreckage. MS truck being lifted. Same. MS truck forming bridge. Closer - same. MS signal - bridge lying on back. CU workman with crowbar. LS crane lifts truck. GV wreckage.
Keywords
Vehicles; Railways; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Hertfordshire; Hitchin
Card file number
75552
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Length of story (in feet)
65
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Trains Pile Up', British Movietone News Issue No. 1538, 24 Nov 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22719 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)