Train Wreck! 1932

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Titles read: "Train Wreck! Here's a drama of Steel - as it was staged in an American Broadcasting Studio - ".

United States of America.

Brief shots of a steam train thundering over a track are intercut with various shots of actors and technicians making a radio broadcast about a train...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37289
Sort Number:
PT 125
Time in/Out:
01:14:04:00 / 01:15:51:00
Canister:
PT 125
Film ID:
1060.06
Issue Date:
15/08/1932

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