GAUMONT GRAPHIC - SS GALICIAN STORY [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: GAUMONT GRAPHIC - SS GALICIAN STORY [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1061-07a
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: Fragment of a reconstruction of the interception of SS Galician by SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse in the North Atlantic, 15th August 1914.
  • Description: On board the Galician two soldiers, Lieutenant J Deane of 1st East Lancashire Regiment and Gunner C Shurmer of the RGA are taken off as prisoners of war. The German boarding party rows back with its prisoners to its ship, having ordered the Galician to follow. The liner continues on its course, the battleship is not seen. According to the captions British forces steaming to help forced the German vessel to break contact.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 1061-07a)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1914
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Gaumont (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: ships, British civilian - passenger: Galician (?) (object name) 12/3(261).01 [1914 Galician] (event)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 71 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Production: see IWM 1061-01 for production details. This film may be an extract from a Gaumont newsreel Technical: this fragment is currently held on the same reel as IWM 1061-07b-g, the can is marked as IWM 1061-07
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 1061-07a

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