View of a Whitehead torpedo exploding in the water. Water splashes as the torpedo explodes
View of black smoke emitted from smokestack of Torpedo Boat 'Morris' running in water in Newport . Sailors with hats aboard. Torpedo boat discharges a white head torpedo.
Views from a moving railroad train, of a raging river. The train travels along a track at the edge of the river and passes by a station platform with stairs descending towards the river bank.
View of railroad workmen working on track for the Lehigh Valley Railroad. The new Black Diamond Express railroad train from New York City, through Pennsylvanis, to Buffalo, New York. Locomotive seen emitting smoke and rounding a curve at a distance. Workers move off the track as train comes. Work crew supervisor waves two large white kerchiefs as the train approaches and passes. Trainman on board waves back with a kerchief.
An early experiment in motion picture film making. Film about Bombardment of Taku (aka Dagu) forts, on June 17, 1900, by Allied fleets,during the Boxer Rebellion in China. It is staged with models of battleships, and filmed in 1900, by the Edison Company. Model ships move across water contained within a model of that coastal area of China. Some are white and some black. At first they simply scurry back and forth. But they later assemble to begin firing at the Chinese land forts. A chinese Junk gets caught in the action and flees. Explosions on "land" raise much smoke and those from defenders cause white smoke and large splashes in water. Many explosions are set off with lots of smoke. The Russian ship "Gilyakwas" seen on fire and sinking.
A storm at sea. Huge waves rising in the sea. Two men hold fast to the rails of a large steamship and watch the waves. One gets wet as a wave splashes above deck. Views of heavy seas and threatening skies.
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