News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Daily Sketch Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

626-2

Date Released

27 Aug 1923

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Prettiest Carnival of the Year
• 2. Trevessa Shipwrecked Crew
• 3. Memorial to Seaforths
• 4. Navy’s Weird New Monster
• 5. Ellis Island England

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

Arrival in Britain of the crew of the steamer ‘Trevessa’, which foundered in the Indian Ocean. The crew escaped in two boats and were believed lost until arriving at Rodriguez Island and Mauritius.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Accidents and disasters

Credits:

Camera

Frank W. Purnell

Length of story (in feet)

56

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN

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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