R38

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

659-2

Date Released

14 Apr 1924

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1R38
2. 2Motor-Cycle ‘Rodeo’
3. 3Twelve Hours Punching
4. 4Latest Form of Transport
5. *Duke of York in Sheffield

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

[1ST SUBTITLE]: "Monument at Hull to British and Americans who perished in world’s greatest airship disaster. Pictures taken in 1921 recalling the R38 and her terrible end in the Humber on eve of sailing for America." The airship seen in flight and then the wreckage floating in the water [August 1921]. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "The ceremony of unveiling". The ceremony performed and a close shot of the monument. [3RD SUBTITLE]: "Some of the survivors. Lieutenant Wann". Close-up of him. [4TH SUBTITLE]: "Corporals Potter and Bateman". Close-up of the pair.

Keywords

Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Aviation; Ceremonies; Accidents and disasters

Length of story (in feet)

84

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web

Phone

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Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN

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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