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  • Short Summary

    Disturbing images follow a terrible plane crash in Germany.

  • Description

    WARNING - DISTRESSING FOOTAGE.

    Unissued / Unused material -

    Langenbruck, Nr. Munich, West Germany (FDR - Federal Republic of Germany).

    Various shots of the wreckage of a British Eagle, 'Viscount' plane which crashed into the Munich-Nuremberg autobahn killing all 48 people aboard. The wreckage is strewn for a great distance on either side of the autobahn, and German rescue organisations search in vain for survivors. The camera picks out crash victims lying in the grass, personal belongings, etc., amongst the wreckage. MS Coffins bearing the crash victims lined up alongside the autobahn for transit to mortuary. Var. shots interior the mortuary showing the coffins and their belongings bagged up alongside. MS A plastic bag bearing an unidentified hand lies seeping blood onto the mortuary floor. MS German police turning cars around on the wreckage strewn autobahn.

    (F/G) Old record suggests material dates from around 09/08/1968.

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    Film ID:
    3351.06
    Media URN:
    92075
    Group:
    Unissued unused
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    1968
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:10:17:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:06:19:00 / 01:16:36:00
    Canister:
    UN 4378 A

Comments (2)

  1. jamied says

    The crash occurred on 9 August 1968, on Bundesautobahn 9 near Langenbruck.

    The aircraft involved was a Vickers Viscount 739A.

    48 passengers and crew died.

    NOTE: The shots list says that the site is "Nr Munich", though in reality it's about 75kms away.




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  2. davidhickson says

    This is very poignant for members of our family, as my parents were killed in the plane carsh when we were small children. We commemorate their deaths, and those of all the others this Summer. Thank you Pathe for keeping this footage available, it has given us some comfort, even though the film is quite graphic.
    David Hickson, Yorkshire.

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