• Short Summary

    Minor casualties in train collision at Forest Gate, East London.

  • Description

    Minor casualties in train collision at Forest Gate, East London.

    Various shots of the crashed tube train and goods wagons involved in the smash. GV. Wrecked trains at Forest Gate. SCU. Gidea Park sign on front of train.

    STV. Damaged coaches. GV. Men working in front of train cutting away at the debris SV. Men cutting wreckage. GV. First passenger train passing wreckage on it's way to the east coast. (Neg.)

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    80.20
    Media URN:
    28443
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    28/05/1953
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:22:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:43:10:00 / 01:43:32:00
    Canister:
    53/39

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  1. Unknown user says

    This is the accident at Forest Gate - Manor Park on 24th May 1953.
    For more info see: http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=674

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