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Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI. Salving a Steamer (1915) - Eastland Disaster See more films from 1915 on BFI Player: http://player.bfi.org.uk/collections/... Even in the midst of WWI, British hearts and minds were captured by the tragic sinking of the Great Lakes passenger ship the S.S. Eastland, on 24 July 1915. Employees of Western Electric and their families were embarking on a company day trip, when the top-heavy ship listed and then rolled while still tied to the wharf. 844 of the over 2500 passengers and crew lost their lives in just 20 feet of water. Footage of the sunken ship and the rescue and salvage efforts was sold to newsreels across Europe, and this was the second story on the disaster that had appeared in Topical Budget. Despite its involvement in such a shocking loss of life, the ship was salvaged, refitted and sold to the United States Navy Reserve, where it served another 30 years as the U.S.S. Wilmette before being scrapped in 1947. Watch more on the BFI Player: http://player.bfi.org.uk/ Follow us on Twitter:   / bfi   Like us on Facebook:   / britishfilminstitute   Follow us on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+britishfilmi...