| IN THE PATH OF THE STORM Big storms cause havoc in Britain with ships wrecked and trains derailed. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5303 |
| Catalog #: | 243615 | |
| Clip Number: | 243615-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1153 | |
| Timecode: | 01:10:30 - 01:12:56 | |
| Location: | Cornwall | |
| Year Shot: | 1925 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Boating accident, Shipwreck DISASTERS: Storms DISASTERS: Train Wrecks LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Cornwall | |
| Description: | In the path of the storm! Mountainous seas sweep the Longships Lighthouse (117 feet high! and 1 mile to sea from Lands End) taken with special telephoto camera. Cornwall. L/S of the lighthouse, waves crash up the side and round the bottom. 'French brig "La Servainaise" comes battered but safe to Weymouth Harbour after fierce fight with the gale.' M/S of the ship with all the sails ravaged and torn. M/S of part of the mast which has collapsed, various shots of the ship, the camera pans down the wreckage. 'Goods train crashes headlong in landslide - due to heavy rains - at Bargoed.' L/S of the landslide with water running below, the camera pans up to the wreckage of carriages which have fallen down the hill. M/S of a train on the track, the camera pans across to a crane, people walk amongst the wreckage of the train with carriages on top of each other. | |
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