| STEAMERS COLLIDE A collision causes a massive hole in the side of a ship. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5254 |
| Catalog #: | 248160 | |
| Clip Number: | 248160-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1071 | |
| Timecode: | 01:23:48 - 01:25:04 | |
| Location: | Gravesend, Kent. | |
| Year Shot: | 1924 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Boating accident, Shipwreck LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Kent | |
| Description: | STEAMERS COLLIDE - Several sleeping seaman killed and injured in disastrous collision between American Merchant and Matatua Gravesend, Kent. Point of view shot from the front of a boat traveling towards a ship with a huge hole in the side, sailors on the ship look down at it from the deck. As we get close to the hole we see that a collision with another vessel has caused the metal shell to ripped open, revealing the shattered wooden beams inside. Looking through the hole, sailors can be seen inside clearing some of the debris. | |
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