Doomed Ship Blazes Beached off Caister
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- British Movietone News
Issue
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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How to cite this record
'Doomed Ship Blazes Beached off Caister', British Movietone News Issue No. 224, 18 Sep 1933. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/4382 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)