Terrible Rail Disaster (1935)

Title reads: “Terrible Rail Disaster at Welwyn Garden City“. Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Various shots of massive railway crash. Broken carriages are strewn across the tracks. Workmen attempt to clear the debris. Two steam trains crashed just near the station. Nearly 70 people were killed and injured. N.B. Item found in Unidentified Gazettes reel. FILM ID:2957.4 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 British Pathé website.