Cargoes
19399m7.0
Documentary
- Runtime
- 9m
- Genre
- Documentary
- Origin
- United Kingdom
About
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.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet.
Details
- Director
- Humphrey Jennings
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Jan 2, 1939
- Studio
- Travel and Industrial Development Association, GPO Film Unit
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