Toll at Sea

Series

Series Name

Universal News

Issue

Issue No.

979

Date Released

4 Dec 1939

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Sting is in the Tail
2. 2Toll at Sea
3. 3Finland
4. 4Britain’s Shore Defences

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

Amazing scenes when the Mandalay breaks in two in the Atlantic. Actual shots during the disaster and taking aboard of survivors Dutch liner S Parrndam mined in the Thames estuary. A blazing inferno. Survivors of the Rawlpindi at the Admiralty. Mines washed up off the east coast of England.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Weapons; Accidents and disasters

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