Channel Disaster

Series

Series Name
Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.
53/89
Date Released
19 Nov 1953
Date covered
16 Nov 1953
Length of issue (in feet)
697
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Royal Tour ‘Plane Ready
  2. 2Channel Disaster
  3. 3News Flashes
  4. 4News Flashes
  5. 5News Flashes
  6. 6Bat-Man Strikes It Rich!
  7. 7Maryland - Smirke Wins £23,000 Race
  8. 8Dominici Charged
  9. *(Untitled record)

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 8
Summary
Twenty are believed dead in the crash between the steamer Vittoria Claudia and the motor vessel Perou.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Folkestone; English Channel
Credits:
Camera
John Rudkin
Camera
Norman William Roper
Camera
William Jordan
Length of story (in feet)
82
Story extras:
Film clip
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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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