Doomed Ship Blazes Beached off Caister

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

224

Date Released

18 Sep 1933

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Arsenal and Spurs Take Goal Each
2. 2Queen Wilhelmina Celebrates Jubilee
3. 3Doomed Ship Blazes Beached off Caister
4. 4Meet Chief Tshekedi in Exclusive Talk
5. 5Sir John Kelly Says Farewell to Fleet
6. 6RAF Plane Crashes at Brooklands and Racing Car Burns

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Doomed Ship Blazes Beached Off Caister. DESCRIPTION: Porthcawl with her cargo of esparto grass furiously aflame is abandoned to her fiery fate. SHOTLIST: Aerial of the ship. Flames starting amidships. Aerial. Tugs around same. Lifeboats taking crew off (not very good shots). Long shot from land over heads of spectators watching same. Close shot of the fire breaking out aboard. Close pan shot along the deck of the burnt wreckage. Close shot of group of the crew.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Fires; Accidents and disasters

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

2579

Length of story (in feet)

69

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