| HAVOC OF THE GREAT GALE The treacherously rough seas caused by gales take their toll as ships get stranded around the coast of England. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5416 |
| Catalog #: | 184301 | |
| Clip Number: | 184301-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1666 | |
| Timecode: | 01:21:23 - 01:23:26 | |
| Location: | England. | |
| Year Shot: | 1929 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Boating accident, Shipwreck DISASTERS: Storms LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England WEATHER: Storms | |
| Description: | Havoc of the Great Gale. Many ships foundered and were driven ashore and many lives lost despite heroic work by our gallant lifeboatmen. England. L/S of a ship stranded on the shore, the waves splash around it. M/S of its name, "Merwede" (?) "21 year old Major Laity swam with rope through mountainous seas to rescue to crew of French Steamer "Ornais" near Penzance. Cornwall." L/S of the "Ornais" stuck on the shore, various shots of it stranded in the waves. The camera pans across it. "Crew of the "Mystery" were saved by lifeline at Dover. Kent." M/S of the "Mystery", most of which is submerged in the sea, M/S as water washes across part of the deck still visible. "4 masted Danish Schooner ashore off Cuckmere Haven." M/S of the schooner stuck near some rocks listing in the waves around it, the camera pans up and down. M/S of people watching from the beach. | |
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