Express Train Disaster 1930

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Full title reads: "Oudon. Express train disaster. Paris-Nantes express train runs full speed into River Loire, owing to landslide due to recent heavy rains."

Oudon, France.

Shots of a wrecked steam train, partially submerged in the River Loire. People are standing on the wreckage inspecting...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
8068
Sort Number:
30/052
Time in/Out:
01:01:38:00 / 01:02:50:00
Canister:
30/52
Film ID:
751.03
Issue Date:
27/11/1930

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