News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

1550

Date Released

7 Jan 1946

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Britons Win Nobel Prize
• 2. Accidents Keynote New Year
• 3. I Saw Japan Mix by Douglas Hardy - Paramount War Correspondent
• 4. Steelworks Gives Party to Three Thousand

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

a. Eight die, hundreds injured at Lichfield in collision between local train and fish express. b. Ammunition train at Savernake blows up. Eight soldiers lose life.

Keywords

Weapons; Railways; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Wiltshire; England; Staffordshire; Lichfield; Cadley

Library number

14960

Credits:

Camera

Lovat H. Cave-Chinn

Camera

Ronald L. Read

Length of story (in feet)

106

Story extras:

Production Documents

• Commentary
• Dope Sheet
• Shot List

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

Email

info@screenocean.com

Web

http://reuters.screenocean.com/

Phone

+44(0)1954 262052

Address

124 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2TX

Notes

British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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