Doom of an Obsolete Coastal Fort

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

4 / 4

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "It looks so formidable, but the diver just fires the mine and up it goes like matchwood!." Long shot of coastal fort in the sea. Diver climbs down ladder into sea. Shot of fort again. Explosion. Two shots of partly collapsed fort. Second explosion.

Keywords

Demolition

Length of story (in feet)

51

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