USA Navy’s Terrible Loss

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

631-1

Date Released

27 Sep 1923

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1General Smuts - Soldier and Sailor
2. 2Where ‘Papyrus’ Will Meet ‘Zev’
3. 3USA Navy’s Terrible Loss
4. 4Gordon Bennett Race Tragedy
5. 5Prince in Canada

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "Tidal wave following Japan earthquake, dashes 7 destroyers on rocks off California." Seven US destroyers driven ashore on rocks near Santa Barbara, California.

Keywords

Navy; Accidents and disasters; Military

Length of story (in feet)

73

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Phone

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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