Discharging a Whitehead Torpedo (1900)

Filmed off the coast of Rhode Island this Edison short takes place on the US torpedo boat Morris as we see some men loading up a torpedo that is eventually shot off This film lasts only 75seconds but its almost as if the director wanted to save the best for last The first sixtyseconds are pretty lifeless as we barely get to see whats going on but once the torpedo is shot off things pick up