London Train Smash (1937)

Full title reads: “TRAIN SMASH - near Battersea.“ Battersea, London. Police and crowds outside Battersea Park Station. Various shots of the train crash near the station, two trains collided - rubble, pieces of trains around, overturned carriages etc. Men are working on rescuing people from trains. Crowds watching. More shots of the men working. 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 Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.