| Athenia Survivors Reach Homeland Aboard Rescue Ship | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1530 |
| Catalog #: | 347549 | |
| Clip Number: | 347549-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 011-806-03 | |
| Timecode: | 00:43:13 - 00:44:38 | |
| Location: | HALIFAX, N.S. | |
| Year Shot: | 1939 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Victims LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: Canada, Nova Scotia WORLD WAR TWO, GENERAL: Misc | |
| Description: | Shaky, dull, dark in contrast and imagery The war's first sea-victims, 220 survivors of the ill-fated liner Athenia, torpedoed and sunk by a Nazi submarine, arrive on the S.S. City of Fint, after a harrowing crossing through sub-infested waters. CU of some of the survivors who speak to the camera about their ordeal. | |
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