Torrey Canyon Disaster (1967)

This material is shot in colour. South West Cornwall. Air shot from plane flying over Sevenstones lightship at South West Cornwall. Good air shots over the Torrey Canyon oil tanker with its back broken over the Sevenstones Reef. 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. Various shots of bulldozer at work clearing the oil pollution from beach at Sennen Cove. FILM ID:3196.3 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), an