Torrey Canyon Disaster (1969)

South West Cornwall. Air shot from plane flying over Sevenstones lightship at South West Cornwall. Various air shots over the Torrey Canyon oil tanker with its back broken over the Sevenstones Reef - the ship is almost totally sunk. Air shot of army frigate at sea. More shots of the shipwrecked Torrey Canyon. Shots from the inside of helicopter as it lowers men onto Torrey Canyon to place explosives. 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