Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Largest Immigrant Ship Seized

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
946A
Date Released
24 Jul 1947
Date submitted
21 Jul 1947
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 8
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Exodus 1947 Illegal Ship Boarded. DESCRIPTION: The illegal immigrant ship Exodus 1947 was escorted into the harbour at Haifa after being boarded at sea by the Royal Navy. SHOTLIST: KS LS Exodus 1947 (formerly President Warfield) ship entering above, harbour in foreground. MS of Exodus 1947. GV British destroyer entering Haifa harbour. Various shots shows side of ship torn away, badly damaged by fighting. Shots of Jews on decks. Wounded immigrants carried ashore on stretchers, crowds look on. Carried along quay to another ship. Elevated shot of Judge Sandstrom and Mr Simitch, delegates of UNSCOP, looking on. Women immigrants have their belongings searched. Immigrants transferred to another ship en route to Cyprus. Immigrants walk up gangway.
Keywords
Displaced persons
Locations
Palestine; Haifa Harbour
Card file number
48895
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Length of story (in feet)
101
Story extras:
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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Largest Immigrant Ship Seized', British Movietone News Issue No. 946A, 24 Jul 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14549 (Accessed 24 Jun 2025)