Hospital Ship Rohilla AKA Rescue Of Survivors From Wreck (1914)

Shipwreck location unknown. Lifeboat crews rescue survivors of the wrecked hospital ship Rohilla. Exciting footage. Small crowd on shore looking toward wrecked ship not far from shore; looks like it crashed on rocks. Lifeboat at water s edge; wreck in BG. ; pan right to long line of people holding hands to form a chain (presumably to walk out toward wreck). Shot from high position of wreck w, waves crashing around. Then closer shots of the action on the beach: teams of men holding onto ropes are trying to get closer to wreck; waves sweeping over heads of those farther out. While this is going on; some of the survivors stagger across beach toward camera; held up by a few rescue workers. Others are carried. People walking along beach; women wrapped in shawls or blankets; a group of men carry someone on a stretcher; some children walking along with them. More people coming to help or to watch; a few carry blankets; one woman carries a pot a cup; men carrying another stretcher (empty). They are h