Train Disaster In Pennsylvania 1962

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Unissued / Unused material -

Title reads: "Excursion Train Wrecked In Pennsylvania". American voiceovered newsreel material.

Pennsylvania, United States of America (USA)

VS Rescuers at work removing dead and injured from the wreck of an excursion train, it crashed after being...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
87174
Sort Number:
UN 3658 J
Time in/Out:
01:54:37:00 / 01:55:51:00
Canister:
UN 3658 J
Film ID:
3072.27
Issue Date:
1962

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