Us U.S. Naval Disaster (1923)

Item title reads - US (U.S.) Naval disaster. 7 destroyers crash on rocks in dense fog. 29 sailors were killed and over 100 injured. California, USA (.). L/S aerial shot of two of the destroyers on the rocks nearly on their sides, we see a third and fourth in similar positions as the aeroplane flies over. Various shots of another one completely on its side, and another submerged. Various shots of sea washing over the wrecks. Various shots of the ships again taken from behind the rocks as sea splashes over them. C/U of the side of one destroyer, the camera pans slowly across the wreckage and we see it from the rocks. M/S of one submerged on its side, the camera pans across it. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection,