News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Famous American Train in Fatal Crash

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
473A
Date Released
30 Jun 1938
Date submitted
27 Jun 1938
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 10
Section Title
News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Train Wreck at Montana. SHOTLIST: General views of the wreckage of the famous Olympian Express which crashed in Custer Creek when the bridge, over which it was travelling, collapsed due to the floods having undermined the supports.
Keywords
Railways; Accidents and disasters; Engineering; Newsreels
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
33701
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
26
Story extras:
Film clip

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How to cite this record

'News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Famous American Train in Fatal Crash', British Movietone News Issue No. 473A, 30 Jun 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/8958 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)