News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

914

Date Released

4 Dec 1939

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Making "Tin Fish" for the Navy
• 2. Dramas at Sea
• 3. Downed Raider Gives Evidence "In Camera"
• 4. Finland Invaded

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

Polish destroyer lands survivors of Sheaf Crest. Ten survivors of the Rawalpindi receive the Admiralty’s thanks. Remarkable pictures of mid-Atlantic rescue of twice-torpedoed survivors of steamer Yorkshire as SS Mandalay sinks.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Navy; Accidents and disasters; Exile; Military

Locations

Atlantic Ocean

Length of story (in feet)

205

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Film Archive

Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

Email

info@screenocean.com

Web

http://reuters.screenocean.com/

Phone

+44(0)1954 262052

Address

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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.

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