| FRENCH BATTLESHIP LOST French training battleship is wrecked on the rocks | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5418 |
| Catalog #: | 494300 | |
| Clip Number: | 494300-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1681 | |
| Timecode: | 01:43:35 - 01:44:16 | |
| Location: | Oran, Algeria | |
| Year Shot: | 1930 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Boating accident, Shipwreck LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Algeria TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Military | |
| Description: | Cat # 55347 contains an additional shot of the hole in the ship. FRENCH BATTLESHIP LOST - Salvage efforts abandoned on great 14,000-ton training cruiser "Edgar Quintet", wrecked on uncharted rock off Algerian Coast. Oran, Algeria. Var shots of wreck taken from another ship bobbing on waves; the cruiser is partiallly submerged, and one end of the ship has snapped apart and is at an angle from the rest of the ship. L/S of the wrecked ship being thrown about in the rough sea, the warship appears to be breaking in half. L/S of huge crack and gaping hole in the hull of the vessel. | |
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