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1960 - Worst Air Crash In History (Brooklyn & Staten Island, New York; Munich, Germany)

Reel Number: 221485-07

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1960s

Country: Germany,USA

Location: Brooklyn,Munich,New York City,NYC,Staten Island

TC Begins: 15:06:41

TC Ends: 15:08:58

Duration: 00:02:17

Worst Air Crash In History (Brooklyn & Staten Island, New York; Munich, Germany) Heavy foggy day & firemen hosing destroyed brownstone apartment houses as people watch; wreckage in street. Snow on ground. Tail section of United Airlines, 7th Ave. street sign. 15:07:03 Firemen & others carrying bodies on stretchers; load into ambulances. Airplanes sections. Debris; wheels. Remaining part of church. Carrying bodies into garage. 15:07:48 Staten Island & other plane wreckage, TWA airline, MCU & CU. Blankets, clothing, seats stacked on snow. Men look at papers & remains of luggage. 15:08:25 Swish pan to firemen hosing down USA military transport wreckage in Munich, Germany. Twisted wreckage of airplane & street car. 20 on plane & 29 on streets killed. Aviation Disasters; Commercial Airlines; 1960s; Deaths; Christmas Season;

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