[Report on plane crash near Midway airport, Chicago]
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Black and white footage featuring images from the aftermath of a plane that crashed into residential buildings near Midway airport in Chicago. Images include firefighters putting out the fire, debris from the crash, and bodies being taken away. An on-site reporter interviews an eyewitness and one of the injured victims from his hospital bed.; This is possibly the plane crash that took place in November 1959 when a TWA Lockheed Constellation crashed near 63rd Place and Kilpatrick Avenue in Chicago, killing eight people on the ground and the three occupants of the airliner.
Credits
Frank Koza (filmmaker)
Complete catalog record
Date: circa 1959
Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Subjects: Disasters; Aviation; Aircraft accidents
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Negatives, 134 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/12702
Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Subjects: Disasters; Aviation; Aircraft accidents
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Negatives, 134 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/12702
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:15