Discharging a Whitehead Torpedo (1900)

Filmed off the coast of Rhode Island, this Edison short takes place on the U.S. torpedo boat Morris as we see some men loading up a torpedo that is eventually shot off. This film lasts only 75-seconds but it's almost as if the director wanted to save the best for last. The first sixty-seconds are pretty lifeless as we barely get to see what's going on but once the torpedo is shot off things pick up.

Released May 21, 1900 1 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.navy, imdb.torpedo, imdb.torpedo-boat, imdb.boat-crew, imdb.year-1900, imdb.1900s, imdb.19th-century

Production Companies: Edison Manufacturing Company

Country: United States
Production Country: United States
Languages: No Language