Return to Dunkirk

Series

Series Name

Mining Review 3rd Year

Issue

Issue No.

12

Date Released

Aug 1950

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Gala Days
2. 2Gala Days
3. 3Miner Inventors
4. 4Return to Dunkirk

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

BFI Summary - Two miners return to Dunkirk on the 10th anniversary.
BFI synopsis: Ray Brown and John McColl from Chislet Colliery (Kent) travel to Dunkirk in the converted lifeboat Salvador captained by Douglas Kirckcaldie. Includes scenes of the "little ships" and the commemoration services.

Researcher Comments

According to bfi sources, this story was filmed from the 4th to the 5th May 1950.

Keywords

Commemorations; Ships and boats; Mining

Locations

France; Dunkirk

Footage sources

War Office Library

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases   Used for Synopsis

Credits:

Camera

Charles Wilford Smith

Production Co.

Documentary Technicians Alliance

Director

John Gaudioz

Producer

Leslie Shepard

Sponsor

National Coal Board

Camera

Wolfgang Suschitzky