Runaway Train

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1654
Date Released
13 Feb 1961
Date submitted
9 Feb 1961
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Runaway Train. DESCRIPTION: Our pictures tell the story of the train that ran away, out of control, at Royton, Lancashire. It crashed through buffers, a reinforced wall, across a street and through 3 houses. In the course of its extraordinary escapade, the train lifted an elderly couple in their bed, carried them through 2 walls of their home, and then dumped them on the debris! Altogether, 6 people were injured. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS carriage in house. Pan up same MS same LS same. MS fireman. MS fireman in wreckage. GV searchers in wreckage. MLS searchers clearing debris. GV debris. MS debris. Pan debris. LS crane lifts carriage.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Railways; Accidents and disasters
Locations
England
Card file number
81882
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Length of story (in feet)
65
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Runaway Train', British Movietone News Issue No. 1654, 13 Feb 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23985 (Accessed 04 Apr 2025)