Cargoes

Cargoes

1939
9m
5.5

5.5/10

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Documentary
Overview

Shot in mid-1939 as S.S. Ionian (also shown as Her Last Trip), Humphrey Jennings’s GPO short follows the Royal Mail steamer on a last peacetime run through the Mediterranean—Gibraltar, Malta, Alexandria, Haifa—under the gaze of the Mediterranean Fleet (HMS Barham, Malaya, Warspite). After the Ionian was sunk by a German mine on 29 November 1939 en route from Crete to Hull, the film was recut and released as Cargoes.

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Travel and Industrial Development Association GPO Film Unit
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date January 2, 1939
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0150044

Cast

Key Crew

Humphrey Jennings
Director
Alberto Cavalcanti
Producer

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