Bombed!

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

734-1

Date Released

17 Sep 1925

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Girls’ Golf Championships
2. 2Bombed!
3. 3Cyclone of Pigeons
4. 4Breathless Moments!
5. 5When Every Woman Flies!

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "Experimental planes sent gallant old warship to her doom." US naval officer adjusting a bomb. A biplane circling above the warship. Two bombs falling. The bombs explode in the sea near to the warship. The biplane circles and drops two more bombs which explode on the ship. The ship keels over and sinks below the water level. Another shot of the biplane.

Keywords

Weapons; Navy; Military

Length of story (in feet)

46

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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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