Fatal Express Collision 1929

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Item title reads - Fatal express collision. Night mail and light locomotive crash on same spot as terrible disaster last June. Darlington, Durham.

Various shots of the front of the engine smashed in. L/S of the other engine completely destroyed, various shots of it smashed in at the front....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35700
Sort Number:
G 1589
Time in/Out:
01:30:37:00 / 01:31:21:00
Canister:
G 1589
Film ID:
782.18
Issue Date:
14/03/1929

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