Gas Ship Towed Out To Sea And Sunk (1946)

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. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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