3 Trains Pile Up In Crash AKA Three Trains… 1962

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Title reads: "3 Trains Pile Up in Crash".

Three trains pile up in great rail disaster, Tokyo, Japan.

L/S workmen working to clear wreckage from crashed trains. M/S ditto. Various shots smashed up carriage and twisted wreckage. Panning L/S from track to where trains crashed, pan down...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
52923
Sort Number:
62/039
Time in/Out:
01:44:55:00 / 01:45:41:00
Canister:
62/39
Film ID:
1703.29
Issue Date:
14/05/1962

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  • The crash occurred on 3 May 1962.

    It took place near the Mikawashima station in Arakawa, Tokyo.

    jamied 20th Apr 2012

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