News Items from Abroad: Split Tanker
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 8
- Section Title
- News Items from Abroad
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News Items From Abroad - Split Tanker. DESCRIPTION: Afloat on New York’s East River, lies what’s left of the Fort Mercer, one of two tankers that recently broke in half in a storm off the New England Coast. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Stern of split tanker. Various shots of the tanker split in two showing stern half. Some of crew on board, shots of it coming up river.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Environment; Accidents and disasters
- Locations
- New York East River
- Footage sources
- United States of America
- Card file number
- 56821
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 38
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How to cite this record
'News Items from Abroad: Split Tanker', British Movietone News Issue No. 1187, 3 Mar 1952. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/17640 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)