Ship Crash Rescues

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1109

Date Released

4 Sep 1950

Date Other

1950

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ship Crash Rescues
2. 2Personalities in the News
3. 3World’s Most Powerful Jet
4. 4Mid-African Airport Opened
5. 5Australia’s Davis Cup
6. 6Britain’s No 1 Bathing Beauty

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ship Crash Rescues. DESCRIPTION: Collision during a fog in San Francisco Bay between the freighter Mary Luckenbach and the hospital ship Benevolence resulted in the tragic loss of eighteen lives (with others reported missing). SHOTLIST: GV & MS SS "Mary Luckenbach" showing damage. GV stanchions of Golden Gate Bridge visible in fog (x2). GV helicopter in flight. Night: survivors from "Benevolence" being helped ashore, 2 shots bodies on stretchers. MS survivors pan.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Accidents and disasters

Locations

San Francisco

Card file number

54263

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

68

Story extras:

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