The Great Gale (1920)

Penzance, Cornwall. Intertitle: “The GREAT GALE. Shipping disasters reported all round the coasts - the crew of the ’Ansgir’ were saved by heroism of an apprentice“. Panning shot of a large ship. L/S of the ship grounded on rocks. Halifax, Yorkshire. Intertitle: “IN HALIFAX. A seventy mile-an-hour wind overturned two tramcars“. M/S of a tram on its side in the middle of a road, a crowd of curious children mill about. Various shots of the tram and the children - the kids seem more interested in the camera than the accident! 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-