Miami Airlines Crash Landing

Clip: 352558_1_1

Year Shot: 1953 (Actual Year)

Audio: Yes

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1583

Original Film: 026-457-03

HD: N/A

Location: Cascade Mountains, Washington State

Timecode: 00:39:48 - 00:40:23

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Dull in imagery and contrast, DOS Masterful piloting cushions the impact of an airliner's crash in the Cascade Mountains. The pilot and co-pilot perish, but 19 of the 25 aboard survive. MOHS - Forest terrain where the plane crashed, ground is covered with snow. CUS - Of the crashed plane, front part of the plane broke off. MCUS - You can read "Miami Airline" on the plane. MCUS - Rescuers removing the injured and the dead. CUS - Two rescuers in attendance to a man who is suffering injuries. CUS - Man's injured face.