Salving a Steamer

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

212-2

Date Released

18 Sep 1915

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Guard’s Wedding
2. 2Salving a Steamer
3. 3Military Fete
4. 4USA Under Arms
5. 5Special Matinee for the Wounded

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

The steamer ‘Eastland’ (which capsized in July in Chicago River with the loss of 1,000 lives) being salvaged at Chicago.

Keywords

Ships and boats

Length of story (in feet)

50

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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