Discharging a Whitehead Torpedo

Discharging a Whitehead Torpedo — Plot

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.

• Release date
• May 21, 1900
• Runtime
• 1 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• James H. White