The Most Spectacular Train Crash In History - “The Wrecker“ - 1929 - CharlieDeanArchives

The Wrecker (German: Der Würger) is a 1929 British-German silent film. A highlight of the film is a train crash scene filmed at Herriard on the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway. South Eastern and Chatham Railway F1 Class locomotive No. A148 and a set of coaches were released on an incline to collide into a Foden steam lorry. The impact, which destroyed the locomotive and the lorry, was recorded by 22 cameras. . CharlieDeanArchives - Archive footage from the 20th century making history come alive!