Luxury Liner Now a Smouldering Shell

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
80
Date Released
15 Dec 1930
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Luxury Liner "Empress of Scotland" Catches Fire. Is Now a Smouldering Shell. DESCRIPTION: Empress of Scotland arrived for ship-breaking at Blyth, goes afire. SHOTLIST: Panning shot of the Liner. Smoke coming from her. In the dockyard. View of the "poop" still on fire. Closer panning shot of the Liner.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Accidents and disasters
Footage sources
British Movietone News
Card file number
973
Length of story (in feet)
101
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Luxury Liner Now a Smouldering Shell', British Movietone News Issue No. 80, 15 Dec 1930. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/2769 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)