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Devastation in Elizabeth, New Jersey residential neighborhood after American Airlines plane crash; also mid-air explosion of plane at British air show.

Major catastophe events of the year 1952. Views of destruction on the ground in Elizabeth, New Jersey, after American Airlines flight 6780, a Convair 240, crashed into a house at Williamson and South Streets on January 22, 1952. Burned wreckage and devastation seen at the crash site in Elizabeth following the crash and subsequent explosions damaging or destroying multipole houses in the 600 block of Williamson Street. In the first few seconds of the clip, the Battin High School for Girls is seen in the background. The school was adjacent to the crash but not hit. Narrator also describes the crash of an Army transport plane in California which killed 86 soldiers, but no images of that crash are shown. Next scenes shift to England, on September 6, 1952, as a de Havilland DH.110 jet aircraft, piloted by John Derry, explodes in midair after achieving Mach 1 and then beginning a left bank and climb at 450 knots during the 1952 Farnborough Airshow. Spectators at the British air show are seen on the ground in the area below the explosion and where debris rained down on the crowd causing deaths and injuries. Engines from the blown-up DH.110 plane (prototype, ID WG236) are seen hurtling through the sky toward Observation Hill immediately after the mid-air explosion. Scenes show crowd working to tend to the wounded and shocked families and children crying.

Location: Elizabeth New Jersey USA
Date: 1952, January 23
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049157
British mine sweeping fleet in operation, Cherbourg, France during World War II.

Mine detonation activities in Cherbourg, France during World War II. British mine sweeping fleet in operation. Anti torpedo net in the background. A flag on paravane as it moves across the English Channel to sweep mines. Mine sweepers underway with coat in the background. Men loaded in a boat as it moves across the channel.

Location: Cherbourg Normandy France
Date: 1944, July
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049248
Field Marshall Smuts at British Embassy in Cairo, Egypt.

Field Marshal Smuts visits Cairo. Field Marshal Jan Smuts along with Lord and Lady Hiller at the British Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. He holds Lord Hiller's son and takes a walk with the family. Smuts at a parade ground where he delivers a Christmas message to soldiers. He reviews a parade. Soldiers march past the Field Marshal. (World War II period).

Location: Cairo Egypt
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049256
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives aboard HMS Prince of Wales

Atlantic Conference during World War II. A boat carrying Winston Churchill nears HMS Prince of Wales, and Winston Churchill walks up gangway to board.. Churchill greeted by a high ranking British officers as men take pictures. Officials on the deck as they talk. Churchill walks on the deck under the Battleship's heavy guns.in the background. Sea water washes the deck of the ship.

Location: Ship Harbour Newfoundland
Date: 1941, August
Duration: 2 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049351
British sailors handling packages of food aboard HMS Prince of Wales in Ship Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada

Atlantic Conference during World War II. Royal Navy sailors pile up food packets on board the British battleship Prince of Wales during the Atlantic Conference. Sailors carry food packets. Winston Churchill speaks to one of the sailors. A sailor eats banana.

Location: Ship Harbour Newfoundland
Date: 1941, August
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049358
Winston Churchill boards British battleship Prince of Wales in Newfoundland.

Atlantic conference during World War II. British Prime Minister proceeds to embark on the Royal Navy battleship Prince of Wales in Newfoundland. A large number of people gather to watch the Prime Minister. Churchill embarks onto the ship as men click pictures. Churchill waves to the people. Flags of various countries on the battleship while it is underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Churchill on the flight deck of the ship. Naval artillery on the ship. Sea breaks over the bow of the ship.

Location: Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1941, August
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049363
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