• Short Summary

    Fire destroys the liner ship 'Bermuda' in dock in Belfast.

  • Description

    Full title reads: "Belfast. Luxury Liner Gutted! All night fire transforms magnificent £1,600,000 motor liner 'Bermuda' into mass of twisted metal."

    Belfast, Northern Ireland.

    Various shots of the burnt out remains of the liner ship 'Bermuda'. Smoke still rises from the fire damaged shell of the ship.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    877.05
    Media URN:
    12866
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    23/11/1931
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:42:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:06:19:00 / 01:08:01:00
    Canister:
    31/94

Comments (1)

  1. jamied says

    This was the second time the Bermuda had caught fire. Previously badly damaged in a blaze on 17 June 1931, she was returned to Belfast for salvage, where, as this clip reports, fire again broke out and gutted the vessel.....

    http://bernews.com/2011/12/hamilton-waterfront-liner-inferno/

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