`ROSLIN CASTLE' (TROOPSHIP) LEAVING FOR SOUTH AFRICA

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 420903).

Synopsis

ACTUALITY. Single shot. Spectators on the quayside wave as the crowded ship moves away.

Note: The Roslin Castle left Southampton on Friday 20 October 1899, bearing Major-General Hildyard and 2nd Brigade Staff, special service officers, and the 2nd Battalion West Yorkshires.

Refs: John Barnes, Filming the Boer War (1992), p 284. National Film Archive, Catalogue, Part 1: Silent News Films: N.45. Warwick cat. no. 5476. The Times, 23 October 1899.

 

Titles

  • `ROSLIN CASTLE' (TROOPSHIP) LEAVING FOR SOUTH AFRICA
 

Technical Data

Year:
1899
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm Film
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
65 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Great Britain
Production Company
Warwick Trading Company
 

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