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Sutton Coldfield Rail Disaster 1955
Description
Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands.
GV. & SV. Night, partly wrecked coach. LV. Piled up wrecked coaches on top of engine. SV. Piled wreckage on engine. SV. Two steel coaches, not badly wrecked. SV. Men looking on. LV. Crane lifting wrecked tender. SV. First aid workers standing by, including...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sanja
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 30358
- Sort Number:
- 55/008
- Time in/Out:
- 01:29:30:00 / 01:31:05:00
- Canister:
- 55/8
- Film ID:
- 499.26
- Issue Date:
- 27/01/1955
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