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York Sheffield Express Train Smash & Cuts 1926
Description
Full title reads: "York - Sheffield express train smash. 9 killed and many injured in disastrous wreath near Rotherham".
South Yorkshire.
Various M/Ss of smashed up railway carriage, a crowd of curious onlookers stand in foreground. Some onlookers haul themselves onto the wreck to...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Amelia
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 26439
- Sort Number:
- G 1348
- Time in/Out:
- 01:42:43:00 / 01:44:48:00
- Canister:
- G 1348
- Film ID:
- 656.18
- Issue Date:
- 22/11/1926
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