Scottish Express Crashes 1947

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The Scottish - London express is wrecked near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.

LS Aerial view of the wreck.

MS station of Goswick showing the name marked, panning along the railway line to the battered, derailed coaches,

CU Pan of the buried engine.

CU Various...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41285
Sort Number:
47/087
Time in/Out:
01:48:07:00 / 01:49:10:00
Canister:
47/87
Film ID:
1195.23
Issue Date:
30/10/1947

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