Steamers Collide (1924)

Gravesend, Kent. Title: “STEAMERS COLLIDE - Several sleeping seaman killed and injured in disastrous collision between American Merchant and Matatua“. Point of view shot from the front of a boat travelling towards a ship with a huge hole in the side, sailors on the ship look down at it from the deck. As we get close to the hole we see that a collision with another vessel has caused the metal shell to ripped open, revealing the shattered wooden beams inside. Looking through the hole, sailors can be seen inside clearing some of the debris. 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, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount