Clifton Train Wreck (1964)

Duration: 0:02:48

Year Published: 1964

Format: 16mm

Sound: silent

Description: Footage shot for an Austin-based network news affiliate uses aerial footage to document the aftermath of a train wreck in the small town of Clifton, Texas. Most likely the footage covers an incident that occurred on September 14, 1964 when a passenger train carrying 81 people collided with a gasoline tanker truck. No passengers were injured, but the train’s engineer and fireman were both killed.