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Trans-Atlantic 'Plane Disaster.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Accidents.
- Air pilots.
- Airplanes.
- Crowds.
- Engineering.
- Explosions.
- Fires.
- Spectators.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (2 minutes, 54 seconds)) : silent, black and white.
- Place of Publication:
- [Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1926.
- Summary:
- René Fonck's trans-Atlantic crossing attempt fails when his aeroplane bursts into flames at Long Island. Shots of Fonck, who has a "miraculous escape" alongside his aide; shots of the aide in front of the plane; crowds watching the take-off; the plane nearly lifting from the ground only to fall back down and spin as the wings break and it crashes, erupting into flame. Shots of figures and cars surrounding the blaze. Some move with urgency, others stand close and watch the blaze.
- Notes:
- Issue number: 788-1 ; Story number within issue: 5 of 5
- Series: Topical Budget.
- With intertitles.
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