Ambassador Disaster

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1812

Date Released

24 Feb 1964

Date submitted

19 Feb 1964

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Mountain Fliers
2. 2Youth in Focus
3. 3America’s Cup Hope
4. 4Ambassador Disaster
5. 5Snowflake Wedding

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ambassador Disaster. DESCRIPTION: Wallowing in waves nearly forty feet high, the British freighter Ambassador. Six hundred miles off Nova Scotia, the seas had smashed her life boats and poured into the hatches to contaminate the fuel. With engines out of action, she was listing until her starboard rail was often under the sea. Twenty one of the crew were rescued by a Norwegian cargo ship and an American Coast Guard Cutter. Fourteen of the crew were unaccounted for. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV aerial - Ambassador at sea. CU same. LS same. LS same and rope out of plane. GV Ambassador at sea. LS through back of plane Ambassador at sea. (All shots are aerial). (This material was originally 16 mm).

Keywords

Ships and boats; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Atlantic Ocean; Canada

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

87956

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

120

Story extras:

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