Learning on Screen'Abandon Ship!' the Crew of the Great American Battleship ‘Colorado’ Receives the Dreaded Order in Mid-Ocean
Series
- Series Name
- Gaumont Graphic
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 3
- Summary
- TLV sailors rushing to boat stations, one boat full and ready to lower. GV battleship with boat rowing from it. [SUBTITLE]: THE CREW TAKE TO THE BOATS MLV sailors down ladder to boat. LV sailors down ladder to boat. [2ND SUBTITLE]: SOS. A DESTROYER PICKS UP THE WIRELESS SIGNAL OF DISTRESS, AND UNDER EVERY OUNCE OF STEAM DASHES TO THE RESCUE. LV destroyer belching black smoke. LV and MLV sailors getting into boats. LV destroyer. LV boats in water. [3RD SUBTITLE]: THE LAST TO LEAVE - THE CAPTAIN SALUTES THE BRIDGE MLV sailor gets over rail and salutes before going down. LV destroyer moving in. LV destroyer taking on sailors. [4TH SUBTITLE]: RESCUED LV boats around destroyer. [5TH SUBTITLE]: EVERY MAN SAVED. A DEMONSTRATION OF AMERICAN NAVAL EFFICIENCY. LVs destroyer taking men on board and men on rear deck.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Navy; Accidents and disasters
- Library number GR
- 7885 missing 66ft dupe neg can H4
- Length of story (in feet)
- 135
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- Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
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SW1P 2TX - Notes
- British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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