TOULON NAVAL DISASTER [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: TOULON NAVAL DISASTER [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 3716
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  • Summary: Pathe newsreel item. "Toulon. FRENCH NAVAL DISASTER. The wreck of the Battleship Liberté, the most terrible in recent years, more than 200 lives were lost". Scenes show the wreck of the Liberté, which sank after her forward magazines exploded in Toulon harbour on 25 September 1911. Flotilla of small boats surrounds the wreck. Damage to a second battleship is also shown.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MGH 3716
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM
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  • Production Date: 1911
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Pathe ()
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 255 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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    MGH 3716

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