Jet In Peril
Jet In Peril
Clip: 356345_1_1
Year Shot: 1959
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1661
Original Film: 032-056-02
HD: N/A
Location: New York
Timecode: 00:45:54 - 00:46:58
Jet In Peril A two-fold story, of the transatlantic jet that narrowly escaped destruction with 113 aboard, coming in with damaged landing gear, and the shocking sidelight of 50,000 thrill-seekers who surge across Idlewild field in New York, hampering emergency rescue teams and actually imperiling the hazardous landing try. Night. Uniformed firefighters and other men pull fire hose from truck. Plane skids along runway, major sparks flying. People deplane; crowds mill about the airplane, including one clergyman who walks by camera.