Title:MISCELLANEOUS FIRST WORLD WAR NAVAL MATERIAL 14 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:IWM 1162
Other titles:
Summary: Collection of miscellaneous naval scenes from the First World War.
Description: I. Admiral Wemyss onboard USS Melville (cf IWM 564).
II. "Arrival of the 'Devonian' at Liverpool with 59 on board". Medium shot off the port beam of SS Devonian underway. Medium close-up as survivors, including women and children, come down the gangway.
III. Medium shot as the crew of a lifeboat don sou'westers, lifejackets, etc. The boat is brought from its shed on a cradle traverser.
IV. Continuation of sequence I.
V. Low-angle medium shot from starboard side of the focsle to forward turrets and bridge of HMS Lion. A rating walks out along the port gun barrel of A turret, and another, more cautious, crawls out to sit at the muzzle of port gun, B turret.
Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
Engholm, F W (Production company)
Engholm, F W (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Wemyss, Rosslyn Erskine (person)
United States Navy & Melville (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Lion (regiment/service)
Keywords: ships, British naval - battleship: Lion (object name)
ships, British civilian - passenger: Devonian (object name)
ships, British civilian - assistance: lifeboat (object name)
casualties, British maritime (object name)
12/3(26) (event)
GB, England & Liverpool, Lancs <docks> (geography)
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: 152 ft; Running time: 3 mins