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  • Short Summary

    Footage of the debris following train crash, Gravesend, Kent.

  • Description

    Gravesend, Kent.

    Full titles read: "A TRAGIC WEEKEND - Many killed and injured in Workmen's train collision following aeroplane, motor and char-a-banc disasters."

    Various shots of people shifting through the debris and wreckage of train disaster. L/S of steam train next to canal, a wooden carriage is smashed to pieces and is resting in the water. Crowds of people view the disaster scene from the canal side.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    280.03
    Media URN:
    23188
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    24/08/1922
    Sound:
    Silent
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:45:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:02:55:00 / 01:03:40:00
    Canister:
    G 905

Comments (1)

  1. Unknown user says

    I believe this is the aftermath of the accident at Milton Range Halt on 21st August 1922.
    For more info see: http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=1013

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