'Leviathan’s’ Battle with Hurricane

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

693-2

Date Released

8 Dec 1924

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1All the Little Pussy Faces
2. 2'Leviathan’s’ Battle with Hurricane
3. 3Assassinated Sirdar
4. 4Doom of an Obsolete Coastal Fort

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

[1ST SUBTITLE]: "Great liner staggers into New York with 15 injured passengers." Liner at sea coming into harbour. View down at people disembarking on quayside. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "Yet it seems incredible that any seas could harm this monster". Various shots of the liner; funnel, lifeboats, men at work on propeller, hull (close shot with camera tilting up).

Keywords

Ships and boats

Length of story (in feet)

68

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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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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