Florida Grounds off Spanish Coast

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

96A

Date Released

9 Apr 1931

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Toc H Re-Opens in Poperinge
2. 2Florida Grounds off Spanish Coast
3. 3Gandhi Greeted by Hysterical Crowd
4. 4King’s Maundy at Westminster Abbey
5. 5England Wins the Rugger Spoon
6. 6Brooklands Season Gathers Momentum
7. 7Empress of Britain on the Clyde

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Florida Grounds Off Spanish Coast. DESCRIPTION: First picture of mangled French liner, holed in ghastly collision with HMS "Glorious". SHOTLIST: French Liner. Rowing boats alongside same. Close shot of diver being hauled into rowing boat after examination of damage. Shots of wrecked ship. Cranes at work on same.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Accidents and disasters; Engineering

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1146

Length of story (in feet)

79

Story extras:

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