Washington Air Show - Mid-Air Collision (1945)

Unissued / unused material. Newsreel item. Title reads: “Spectacular films of 2 bomber planes colliding in mid-air“. Washington, United States of America (USA). Various shots crowd watching air show on hillside. Various shots of two bomber aeroplanes flying over valley in front of crowd. The planes collide in mid-air, exploding and crashing in spectacular fashion. Same crash is shown from different angle. M/S firemen walking through forest, towards burning crash area. 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), as well as