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The "Windrush": First Pictures 1954
Description
Mediterranean.
Air view, burning British troopship 'Empire Windrush' off Algiers. Air view, nearer shot burning 'Empire Windrush', off Algiers (2 shots). LV pan, aircraft carrier 'Triumph' alongside in Algiers. SV survivors walking towards 'Triumph'. SV pan, survivors walking towards triumph....
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sanja
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 29302
- Sort Number:
- 54/025
- Time in/Out:
- 01:25:21:00 / 01:27:06:00
- Canister:
- 54/25
- Film ID:
- 148.14
- Issue Date:
- 05/04/1954
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