The Launch of HMS Albion at Blackwall

September. 30,1898      
Rating:
6
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The film documents the launch of HMS Albion at Blackwall on the 21st of June, 1898—an event that was witnessed by 30,000 onlookers, 37 of whom lost their lives when the jetty upon which they were standing became washed away by the resultant swell.

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Reviews

Colibel
1898/09/30

Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

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Baseshment
1898/10/01

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

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FirstWitch
1898/10/02

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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Lucia Ayala
1898/10/03

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

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