Sea! Sea! Thou Mighty Monster Aka Havoc Of The Great Gale (1929)

No title, paperwork reads - Havoc of the Great Gale. Many ships foundered and were driven ashore and many lives lost despite heroic work by our gallant lifeboatmen. England. L/S of a ship stranded on the shore, the waves splash around it. M/S of its name, “Merwede“ (?) Intertitle - ’21 year old Major Laity swam with rope through mountainous seas to rescue to crew of French Steamer “Ornais“ near Penzance. Cornwall.’ L/S of the “Ornais“ stuck on the shore, various shots of it stranded in the waves. The camera pans across it. Intertitle - ’Crew of the “Mystery“ were saved by lifeline at Dover. Kent.’ M/S of the “Mystery“, most of which is submerged in the sea, M/S as water washes across part of the deck still visible. Intertitle - ’4 masted Danish Schooner ashore off Cuckmere Haven.’ M/S of the schooner stuck near some rocks listing in the waves around it, the camera pans up and down. M/S of people watching from the beach. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE