Cargoes
About the film
Cargoes follows the S.S. Ionian as she delivers her cargo around the Mediterranean - her final peacetime journey.
Details
- Release year - 1940
- Director - Humphrey Jennings
- Production company - GPO
- Producer - Alberto Cavalcanti
- Running time (minutes) - 09 mins 06 secs
Did you know?
- This film is a recut version of the film known as S.S. Ionian, and then as Her Last Trip. The film had to be recut after the S.S. Ionian was sunk by a German mine on 29th November 1939, en-route from Crete to Hull, only three months after filming.
- The S.S. Ionian was a Royal Mail steamer ship.
- All three ships from the British Mediterranean Fleet's 1st Battle Squadron (at the outbreak of World War 2) are seen in this film; HMS Barham, HMS Malaya, and HMS Warspite.
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