'black Out' Rail Smash 1939

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Footage of head on rail collision at Bletchley station in Buckinghamshire.
Description

Full titles read: "'BLACK OUT' RAIL SMASH"

Various shots of two steam engines locked together after head-on rail crash during black-out at Bletchley Station, Buckinghamshire.
Tags
- steam
- trains
- crashes
- Bletchley
- Station
- Buckinghamshire
- black-out
Data

Film ID:

1025.25

Media URN:

20314

Group:

Pathe newsreels

Archive:

British Pathé

Issue Date:

19/10/1939

Sound:

Sound

HD Format:

Available on request

Stock:

Black & White

Duration:

00:00:33:00

Time in/Out:

01:26:45:00 / 01:27:18:00

Canister:

39/82

Comments (1)

Unknown user says

9th August 2013

This accident occurred on 13th October 1939.
For more info see: http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=336

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