News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

2255

Date Released

9 Oct 1952

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Three Trains Crash: Many Dead and Injured
• 2. Rugby "Test": Britain Outplay Australia
• 3. Lord Mayor Appeals for King George VI National Memorial Fund
• 4. Reports in Brief
• 5. Reports in Brief
• 6. Reports in Brief
• 7. Duchess of Kent Receives Freedom of Singapore
• 8. Mock Battle of Britain Tests Air Defences
• *Ireland 2 England 2: Ireland Unlucky Not to Beat England

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 8

Summary

Worst train disaster in London’s history presents scene of utter devastation at busy suburban station. Doctors, ambulance men, local housewives and nearby American air personnel are quickly on the scene to render all help possible.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Railways; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Harrow

Library number

20762

Length of story (in feet)

200

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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