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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

6067

Title

MANCHESTER UNITED TRAGEDY

Producer

Associated British Pathe

Date

1958

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

sound

Running Time

21 mins 01 secs

Description

Compilation of newsreel items relating to the Munich air disaster of February 1958 and its immediate consequences for Manchester United. Scenes of the plane wreckage on fire, players injured in hospital, and the coffins of the dead returning to Manchester. Footage from the team's FA Cup matches from that season, including the final against Bolton at Wembley (Bolton won 2-0). Also includes a visit to Manchester by the doctors and nurses from the Munich hospital who saved the lives of several players and manager Matt Busby.

 

 



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