British Pathe
Advanced Search- Archives
- Programmes
- 20th Century Hall Of Fame
- A Time To Remember
- A Day That Shook The World
- British Pathé Royal Collection
- British Pathé Travelogues
- Dave And Dusty
- Feminine Pictorialities
- Film Fanfare
- Jerry The Troublesome Tyke
- News In A Nutshell
- Review Of The Year
- Secrets Of Nature
- This Day
- Would You Believe It?
- View All Programmes
- Users
- Categories
- Galleries
- Winston Churchill's Finest
Quotes - Prime Ministers' Funerals
- Alcatraz: Battles and Escapes
- 10 Great Urban Myths
- Death Row in Wartime: 8 Images
- Don'ts for Husbands, Wives and
Valentines - Munich Air Disaster
- Holocaust Memorial Day
- Faces of Evil
- Buchenwald Concentration Camp
- View All Galleries
- Winston Churchill's Finest
- DVDs
- Basket (0)
Sos From City Of Mandalay 1939
Description
Full titles read: "SOS FROM CITY OF MANDALAY - DRAMATIC PICTURES OF SINKING & RESCUES"
Various shots, blown up from 16 mm. amateur film, of the sinking of the British ship the 'City of Mandalay', shot from American liner 'Independence Hall'. Various shots of survivors from the 'City of Mandalay'...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Howard
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 20454
- Sort Number:
- 39/095
- Time in/Out:
- 01:19:33:00 / 01:21:18:00
- Canister:
- 39/95
- Film ID:
- 1029.18
- Issue Date:
- 04/12/1939
Add your comment
- WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
-
- The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
-
- British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
-
Related Videos
Hide-
Mass Murder At Sea
-
Footage of the survivors of the Dutch liner the 'Simon Bolivar'.
-
Sea Rescues By Blimp
-
Footage of US naval airship rescuing airman from the sea in training exercise.
-
Heroes Of The Rawalpindi
-
Footage of the survivors of 'Rawalpindi' being inspected on Horse Guards Parade, London.
-
The War At Sea
-
Footage of two cargo ships damaged by German mines off the coast of Britain.
-
Tornado
-
Ruins of town wrecked by a tornado.
-
American Survivors Of Torpedoed Transport 'tuscania'
-
American survivors of torpedoed transport 'Tuscania' in city parade.
-
Hospital Ship Rohilla AKA Rescue Of Survivors From Wreck
-
Good footage of a lifeboat rescue - hospital ship Rohilla has sunk close to coast.
-
Titanic Disaster Documentary
-
Copy of a television documentary made about the Titanic disaster.
- The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
-
- The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
-
- 10 telling images selected from British Pathé's extensive WWI footage. 'The war to end all wars' was a war without parallel: over 70 million military personnel were involved and over 17 million people died.
-
- The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention.
-
- British Pathé filmed the 20th Century's biggest names, some of them before they even became famous. Click through and guess who these soon-to-be celebrities were when first captured by our cameras.
-
- Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.Take a look at some of the more unusual but ingenious ideas that people have had to beat the traffic.
-
Comments (0)
We always welcome comments and more information about our films.
All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.