Film Record: Midnight Sailing of the S.S. Manhattan

Date produced: 1933

Filmmaker(s):

Duncan MacD. Little

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

Fourth Annual Little Movie Party, 1933

Description:

"A ship film of an entirely different character was the stunning record of a midnight sailing by the S.S. Manhattan. Produced by Duncan Little, ACL, and presented on the program of his fourth annual movie party, this picture was caught entirely through the strength of Army airplane detecting searchlights which illuminated the sailing. Mr. Little took full advantage of his exciting setup, presenting numerous reaction shots of the great lamps and their pigmy operators silhouetted against the diffused light in the atmosphere, as well as of the beautiful new vessel picked out of the darkness by the stabbing beams." Movie Makers, June, 1933, 226.

Subjects:

•           Ships

Genre:

• Documentary

Form:

• Short

Screenings:

• Fourth Annual Little Movie Party, March 1933: New York, NY

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