“Olympic“ Rams Lightship (1934)

Full title reads: “ “OLYMPIC“ RAMS LIGHTSHIP - The 47,000-ton liner cuts right through the “Nantucket“ in a dense fog.“ New York, United States of America (USA). Several shots of huge liner ’Olympic’ at a dock in New York. Several shots of the members of the crew of destroyed lightship Nantucket, one of the men has bandaged head. Captain of the liner is standing with them. Men state that all happened so quickly and in the fog and they could not tell at this stage what went wrong. The Captain says that he and his crew did all they could to help the survivors. Injured man confirms it. 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 Bu
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