Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Half Tanker Beaches after Epic Voyage
Series
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 14
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Imperial Transport. DESCRIPTION: The ‘Imperial Transport’ was torpedoed three hundred miles out in the Atlantic and brought home with superb seamanship. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the half-a-tanker which was navigated for 300 miles with the help of a schoolboy’s atlas. On the deck is written "Send Help Urgent".
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Accidents and disasters
- Footage sources
- Great Britain
- Card file number
- 38479
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 31
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Half Tanker Beaches after Epic Voyage', British Movietone News Issue No. 562, 11 Mar 1940. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/10676 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)