Terrible Railway Disaster (1928)

Item title reads - CHARFIELD Terrible railway disaster. 14 killed in triple collision, fire from escaping gas and petrol from wrecked goods train, added to its horrors. Charfield. L/S of people stood around the track, a carriage looks to be upside down and smouldering. L/S of smoke coming out of wreckage. Various shots of the wreckage of the train which is completely devastated, many bits are not recognisable. M/S of railway bridge with bits of debris on top. 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
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