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The scene of the worst train disaster in New Zealand history, where the bridge collapsed and the night express from Wellington to Auckland crashed into the river Wangaehu at fifty miles an hour. The sympathy of us all was expressed by Her Majesty in her Christmas Day broadcast. The Duke of Edinburgh later attended the mass funeral of unidentified victims.

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Cut story - KS. Shot of crash remains. Ditto aerial. Various aerials and ground shots of the scene. CU wreckage. Articles of clothing and single shoes lying on muddy ground. Rescue parties search along banks of swirling river. Body on stretcher carried up. Shots of carriages lying half & half out of river. (Queen's Christmas speech is over part of above). Fade. Mass funeral of unidentified victims attended by Duke of Edinburgh. View along row of coffins. Duke chats with relatives of victims. Shot of service. Cut-ins relatives & coffins. Duke lays wreath.

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CUTS FOR STORY NUMBER 89316 - COLOUR VERY GOOD - Various of procession and crowds. Interior St Pauls. St Dunstans Chapel - lying in state. VS funeral procession. Shots of Archbishop of Canterbury and departures and arrivals. Amongst those dignitaries and royals attending are: Harold Wilson, Mary Wilson, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Lady Elizabeth Douglas-Home, Sir Robert Menzies (Australian Prime Minister), Lord Avon - Anthony Eden, Harold MacMillan, Marshall Koniev, Mr Duncan Sandys, Archbishop Heenan (Cardinal), Mr Millar - Lord Mayor, President Charles De Gaulle, Lady Clementine Churchill, Randolph Churchill, Sarah Churchill, Mary Churchill - Lady Soames, Dean of Westminster, Archbishop of Canterbury - Dr Ramsey. British Royalty - Duke Of Edinburgh, Charles, Prince Of Wales, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Henry, Duke Of Gloucester, Alice, Duchess Of Gloucester, Earl Mountbatten Of Burma, Bernard, Duke of Norfolk, Foreign Royalty - Prince Bernhard of Holland, Queen Juliana of Norway, King Olaf of Norway. International politicians included President Charles de Gaulle and Russia's Marshal Ivan Konev, German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, King Constantine of Greece, President Kaunda of Zambia, PM Keith Holyoake of New Zealand, Swaren Singh of India, Israeli President Zalman Shazar and Ben Gurion, Captain Terence O'Neill of Northern Ireland.