“The Emperor Of India“ (1931)

Full title reads: “Off Bognor Regis. ’The Emperor of India’ one of the battleships to be scrapped under London Naval Treaty (used as target ship) severely battered and sunk by experimental shell-fire from the ’Iron Duke’.“ Bognor Regis, West Sussex. Shots of the British Battleship ’Emperor of India’ (rocky shots taken from boat). Two smaller tug boats sit at one side. 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 (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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