Alpine Train Disaster (1927)

Item title reads: “Alpine Train Disaster. English tourist among 21 victims of mountain train crash on the Mer-de-Glace.“ Switzerland M/S snow covered mountains and trees, with a shot of a railway carriage on its side, and a broken bridge section to the left of picture. Some very poor quality film of wrecked carriages, and a view of the wreckage framed by the bridge arch, with the Alpine scene in the background. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the