First Pictures of US Submarine Disaster
Series
- Series Name
- British Paramount News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 3
- Summary
- Perhaps the most dramatic newsreel story screened for a long time, shows the actual rescue of thirty-three men trapped when US submarine Squalus sank in 240 feet of water.
- Local distribution only
- British Paramount News Special
- Keywords
- Navy; Accidents and disasters; Military; Newsreels
- Locations
- Portsmouth; United States of America; New Hampshire
- Library number
- 8579
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
- info@screenocean.com
- Web
- http://reuters.screenocean.com/
- Phone
- +44(0)1954 262052
- Address
- 124 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2TX - Notes
- British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
- Series held
- View all series held by Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
How to cite this record
'First Pictures of US Submarine Disaster', British Paramount News Issue No. 862, 2 Jun 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/36688 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)