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  • Short Summary

    Ship carrying poison gas is sunk at sea.

  • Description

    Unused / unissued material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown.

    North Sea, off Norway - 1946?

    US Army officers study the hold of a ship, Alco Banner, loaded with poison gas. Various shots of ships on water. Ship guns fire at the poison gas ship which rapidly sinks under the water, with stern rising up then following the rest of the ship down.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    2321.06
    Media URN:
    74709
    Group:
    Unissued unused
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    1946
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:54:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:14:22:00 / 01:15:16:00
    Canister:
    UN 1518 D

Comments (1)

  1. erlbon says

    Alcoa Banner(built 1919) was scuttled on the 25.05.1946 as a part of the American operation Davy Jones Locker 2. The coordinates given at the time of the sinking was 58°18.07N, 09°36.05E, but she is likely to be the wreck located at 58°19.081N 09°37.734E.

    Norwegian authorities are still carrying out a project on registering and identifying these dangerous wrecks, which lies within Norwegian waters.

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