Terrible Rail Disaster - Lytham Liverpool - Blackpool Express Crash (1924)

Blackpool, Lancashire. Terrible rail disaster. Many killed and injured in wreck of Liverpool and Blackpool Express. M/S of a wrecked, burnt out railway carriage. Panning L/S of the wrecked carriage on its side having toppled off the rails, a group of men survey the wreckage. Various panning shots of bits of the wrecked train and carriage. Panning M/S of a gang of men picking over the bits of wreckage. Note: picture obscured towards end of item - film damaged, probably decomposition. AH 2000. FILM ID: 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