Cargoes
movie
Released January 02, 1939
Genres:
Overview
Shot in mid-1939 as S.S. Ionian (also shown as Her Last Trip), Humphrey Jennings’s GPO short follows the Royal Mail steamer on a last peacetime run through the Mediterranean—Gibraltar, Malta, Alexandria, Haifa—under the gaze of the Mediterranean Fleet (HMS Barham, Malaya, Warspite). After the Ionian was sunk by a German mine on 29 November 1939 en route from Crete to Hull, the film was recut and released as Cargoes.
Runtime
0h 9m
Origin Country
United States
Original Language
English
Original Title
Cargoes
Status
Released
Production Countries
- United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
- English
Production Companies
- no logo available
Travel and Industrial Development Association
United States
- no logo available
GPO Film Unit
United States
Cast
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