Plane Crashes in River

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1549
Date Released
9 Feb 1959
Date submitted
5 Feb 1959
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 9
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Plane Crashes in River. DESCRIPTION: These pictures, enlarged from film taken by an amateur cameraman, show the scene just after the midnight crash in New York’s East River. Only eight of the seventy-three people on board were brought ashore: rescue was terribly difficult, for the fast current swept away many who escaped from the airliner. SHOTLIST: Rescue launch (key). Night scene at dockside. Same. LS rescue launch. MS notice ‘Police Department’. LS firemen with stretcher case. BS same. TS same. MS placing stretcher into ambulance. MS types handling wreckage. MS launch towing plane’s undercarriage.
Keywords
Mass media; Ships and boats; Vehicles; Health and medicine; Environment; Aviation; Accidents and disasters
Locations
New York; United States of America; New York East River
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
76288
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
69
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Plane Crashes in River', British Movietone News Issue No. 1549, 9 Feb 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22863 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)