Shannon Air Disaster: 83 Dead – No Survivors / Tubaiste Aeir na Sionainne

Category:
Irish Language, History, Newsreels
Directed by:
Gael Linn
Produced by:
Gael Linn
Year:

1961
Duration:

1 min 51 sec
Language:
Irish with English subtitles

Amharc Éireann – Eagrán 119

 

An American aircraft crashes shortly after take-off from Shannon Airport, resulting in the deaths of 83 people on board.

Tuairteálann aerárthach Meiriceánach go gairid i ndiaidh dó éirí ón talamh ag Aerfort na Sionainne, agus 83 paisinéir marbh mar thoradh air sin.

 

 

Produced by Gael Linn, Amharc Éireann (A View of Ireland) is Ireland’s first long-running indigenous newsreel series. It was distributed to cinemas throughout the country to promote the Irish language. Between 1956 and 1964, 267 editions of the newsreel were produced for cinema exhibition.
To see more of the Amharc Eireann: A View of Ireland collection, click here.
With kind permission of Gael Linn.

 

Léirithe ag Gael Linn, ba í Amharc Éireann (A View of Ireland) an chéad sraith dhúchasach de nuachtríleanna fadbhunaithe in Éirinn. Dháiltí iad ar phictiúrlanna ar fud na tíre leis an Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn. Idir 1956 agus 1964, léiríodh 267 eagrán de na nuachtríleanna le taispeáint sa phictiúrlann.
Chun tuilleadh d’Amharc Éireann: A View of Ireland a fheiceáil, cliceáil anseo.
Le caoinchead ó Gael Linn.
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