News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

55

Date Released

2 Oct 1911

Length of issue (in feet)

315

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Launch Of The French Cruiser "Courbet" At Lorient
• 2. Last Honours To A Great Public Servant
• 3. Great Fire At Antwerp Smouldering For Over 3 Weeks
• 4. The Lord Mayor’s Busy Days
• 5. Johnson V Wells
• 6. Liberte Disaster

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

Destruction of a French battleship accompanied by terrible loss of life

Researcher Comments

The ship was destroyed 25 September 1911 while at anchor in Toulon naval base following an internal explosion in the powder magazine. Several hundred seamen and others died.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Death; Explosions; Accidents and disasters

Footage sources

Paris

Written sources

Gaumont Graphic Issue Sheets [BUFVC]

Length of story (in feet)

50

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Film Archive

Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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Notes

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