Romances of Science: Gambling with the Gulf Stream

Series

Series Name
Pathe Monthly

Issue

Issue No.
2
Date Released
16 Mar 1925
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Secrets of Life: The spider
  2. 2Romances of Science: Gambling with the Gulf Stream
  3. 3The Trials of Judge Rummy

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Section Title
Romances of Science
Summary
NoS Summary - the possibilities accruing from the diversion of the gulf stream
Bioscope synopsis: a whimsical speculation in cartoon form as to what would happen if the Gulf Stream were deflected from its present course towards the Coast of North America, a proposition which was actually brought before the U.S. Senate, we are told, in 1913.
Keywords
Weather; Science and technology
Written sources
Kinematograph Weekly   29 January 1925, p60.
The Bioscope   29 January 1925, p58.
National Film Archive Catalogue
Story extras:
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