Olympic seen caught in tsunami in 1933 disaster film Deluge

[Dan Kappes]

At least, it's a ship model that looks like the Olympic, with similar funnel livery and four funnels.

Here is a photo. The Olympic can be seen in the center.

Here is a video of the scene in the film.

 

[SmileyGirl]

I’ve never seen that before, thanks!

 

[Harland Duzen]

Those visual effects are (for the most part excluding the prison shot) amazing!

It is a shame we don't see more practical / model effects in films nowadays. The most recent to knowingly do this was Blade Runner 2049 but we sadly won't be seeing any thing similar any time soon...

Back to topic, and if that is Olympic (it could maybe be the France with the raised bridge and low funnels?) they definitely did their research with her, she was so well built, not even a tsunami and a boiler explosion could destroy her.

(See 3:40 - 4:17)

 

[Harland Duzen]

Also, I wonder which unlucky ship this is? Maybe the Leviathan, the Imperator or the Majestic?

(See 2:39 - 2:41)

 

[Dan Kappes]

And think what a mess that would be, all the ships flooded in New York City and the harbor itself! It reminds me of the ship stuck in Manhattan in The Day After Tomorrow and a similar scene in When Worlds Collide.

This is the cargo ship next to the New York Public Library in The Day After Tomorrow.

This is the scene from When Worlds Collide.

 

[Alex Clark]

She looks a bit like the Aquitania, perhaps it’s supposed to be a generic passenger ship. I’ll have to watch this film.

 

[Steven Christian]

At least, it's a ship model that looks like the Olympic, with similar funnel livery and four funnels.

Here is a photo. The Olympic can be seen in the center.
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Here is a video of the scene in the film.

Wow...1933 must have been a bad year for NYC. First King Kong trashed it and then this...

 

[Aly Jones]

Reminded me of 911.

 

[Aly Jones]

Was a little bit of a let down. I thought film was going to be real footage of olypmpic in a bad Storm rocking around.