Rush Hour Tragedy (1957)

Oxford Street, London. GV. Top shot, Oxford Street. GV. Crowded pavements, bus stop as buses go by. SV. Towards, bus queue, rather long one. GV. Bus draws up at stop showing crowded pavement. SLIP PAN. GV. Bus up on pavement and fire tender alongside. AS. Top of bus, pan down to show front of bus smashed into wall of National Provincial Bank. SV. Pan up, showing the bus stop post smashed down on pavement, pan up to back of the bus. CU. Bus stop sign laying on pavement. GV. Ambulance and the bus concerned, firemen working round it. SV. The back of bus and firemen looking under it as an ambulance man dashes by. SV. Towards, ambulance arriving. SV. Ambulance men carrying stretcher, pan to show firemen working at the back of the bus. SCU. Injured man lying in shop doorway, pan up to show women’s hats in window. SV. A person is carried towards back of ambulance. CU. Woman being comforted and directed along towards an ambulance by a policeman. SV. Women being led towards ambulance as the back of the bus is being
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