17 Die in Crash: Actual Pictures as Planes Fall in Sea

Clip: 425287_1_1

Year Shot: 1964 (Actual Year)

Audio: Yes

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1725

Original Film: 037-053-02

HD: N/A

Location: United States

Timecode: 00:30:05 - 00:30:45

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"U.S. Air Force planes are on a routine astronaut recovery practice mission when tragedy strikes. Two planes collide, only 2 men are able to bail out & 20 others go down with the craft. Five men are pulled from the sea, but 17 are killed." Panning TLS USAF transport plane taking off. Air to air shots of plane in flight. Air to air shot of twin propellers spinning. Animation of explosion. LS two planes just after mid-air collision, debris & wreckage hurtling toward sea. LSs smoldering debris drifting in sea.