Return to Dunkirk
Series
- Series Name
- Mining Review 3rd Year
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 4
- Summary
- BFI Summary - Two miners return to Dunkirk on the 10th anniversary.
BFI synopsis: Ray Brown and John McColl from Chislet Colliery (Kent) travel to Dunkirk in the converted lifeboat Salvador captained by Douglas Kirckcaldie. Includes scenes of the "little ships" and the commemoration services. - Researcher Comments
- According to bfi sources, this story was filmed from the 4th to the 5th May 1950.
- Keywords
- Commemorations; Ships and boats; Mining
- Locations
- France; Dunkirk
- Footage sources
- War Office Library
- Written sources
- British Film Institute Databases Used for Synopsis
- Credits:
-
- Camera
- Charles Wilford Smith
- Production Co.
- Documentary Technicians Alliance
- Director
- John Gaudioz
- Producer
- Leslie Shepard
- Sponsor
- National Coal Board
- Camera
- Wolfgang Suschitzky
How to cite this record
'Return to Dunkirk', Mining Review 3rd Year Issue No. 12, Aug 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/345669 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)