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4k, 50fps, colorized (1898). The first tragedy ever filmed. The launch of HMS Albion.

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She was launched on 21 June 1898, after Mary of Teck, The Duchess of York christened her, a wave created by Albion's entry into the water caused a stage from which 200 people were watching to collapse into a side creek, and 34 people, mostly women and children, drowned in one of the worst peacetime disasters in Thames history. Filmed by Robert W. Paul. Music: Frederic Chopin Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65 - III. Largo Join as a member to support this channel:

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