News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

40/38

Date Released

9 May 1940

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Old Contemptibles March Again
• 2. British Women with the Army
• 3. Earl of Athlone Visits Canadian Troops
• 4. RAF Clay Pigeon Shooting
• 5. Miss Streamline 1940
• 6. New Tractor Demonstrated
• 7. World’s Fair 1940
• 8. Professor Koht is Confident
• 9. British Troops from Norway
• 10. Cypriot Troops over There
• 11. Namsos Bombed
• *First Fox Hunt in California
• *Horses for France
• *Floods in the Argentine
• *Timber Fire in Dublin
• *US Train Wreck

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary

29 people are killed and many more injured when a train crashed from the rails along the Mohawk River. New York State’s worst train disaster for 30 years.

Local distribution only

Dublin release only

Keywords

Railways; Accidents and disasters

Locations

New York; Mohawk River

Length of story (in feet)

66

Story extras:

Film clip

Pathe Icon Pathé

Production Documents

• Commentary
• Shot List

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This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Pathe Ltd

Email

info@britishpathe.com

Web

https://www.britishpathe.com/

Phone

0207 665 8340

Address

3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE

Notes

Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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