Cargoes - 1941 British Council Film Collection - CharlieDeanArchives / Archival Footage

'Cargoes' follows the S.S. Ionian as she delivers her cargo around the Mediterranean - her final peacetime journey.

Trivia:
This film is a recut version of the film known as S.S. Ionian, and then as Her Last Trip.

The film had to be recut after the S.S. Ionian was sunk by a German mine on 29th November 1939, en-route from Crete to Hull, only three months after filming.
The S.S. Ionian was a Royal Mail steamer ship.

All three ships from the British Mediterranean Fleet's 1st Battle Squadron (at the outbreak of World War 2) are seen in this film; HMS Barham, HMS Malaya, and HMS Warspite.

This film has been made available by the British Council Film Collection for non-commercial research and educational purposes . . The British Council Film Collection consists of 120 short documentaries made by the British Council during the 1940s designed to show the world how Britain lived, worked and played.
View, download and play with the Collection at www.britishcouncil.org/film .

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