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Ice cave on Ruapehu - Tangiwai disaster

Ice cave on Ruapehu - Tangiwai disaster

Inspecting wreckage at the Tangiwai disaster

Inspecting wreckage at the Tangiwai disaster

Wreckage of carriage at Tangiwai

Wreckage of carriage at Tangiwai

Map of Tangiwai disaster site

Map of Tangiwai disaster site

Tangiwai train wreckage

Tangiwai train wreckage

Recovery party at Tangiwai

Recovery party at Tangiwai

Funeral for Tangiwai disaster victims

Funeral for Tangiwai disaster victims

Police by Tangiwai train wreckage

Police by Tangiwai train wreckage

Wreckage of Car Z - Tangiwai disaster

Wreckage of Car Z - Tangiwai disaster

Tangiwai book cover

Tangiwai book cover

The Tangiwai cricket test, Boxing Day 1953

The Tangiwai cricket test, Boxing Day 1953

Tangiwai railway bridge after disaster, 1953

Tangiwai railway bridge after disaster, 1953

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Film clip: Tangiwai film pt1

Film clip: Tangiwai film pt1

Film clip: Tangiwai film pt2

Film clip: Tangiwai film pt2

Film clip: Tangiwai film pt3

Film clip: Tangiwai film pt3

Film clip: Tangiwai film pt4

Film clip: Tangiwai film pt4

Film clip: Tangiwai film pt5

Film clip: Tangiwai film pt5

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Sound: Prime Minister Sidney Holland at the Tangiwai disaster

Sound: Prime Minister Sidney Holland at the Tangiwai disaster

Sound: Lionel Sceats remembers the Tangiwai disaster

Sound: Lionel Sceats remembers the Tangiwai disaster

Sound clip: a Tangiwai disaster survivor talks

Sound clip: a Tangiwai disaster survivor talks

Sound clip: eyewitness report – Tangiwai disaster

Sound clip: eyewitness report – Tangiwai disaster

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