Summary: Newsreel item on the damage done to Southend and Westcliff by the Zeppelin raid of May 10, 1915.
Description: The Cromwell, a boarding house in London Road, has been hit by a bomb. Firemen work to put out the various fires. The burnt-out firebombs are displayed in a heap by a policeman. A charred dead dog is held up for the camera. A man holds his (apparently unharmed) baby daughter up for the camera also.
Production Details: Topical Film Company (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Fire Brigade (regiment/service)
Police Force (regiment/service)
Keywords: buildings, British - commercial: hotel & [damaged] (object name)
destruction, British military - area: air raid (object name)
animals, mammals: dog & [casualties] (object name)
weapons, German air - bomb: incendiary (object name)
31/3(41) (event)
Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK (geography)
GB, England & Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex (geography)
Children (concept)
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: 102 ft; Running time: 2 mins
