United Kingdom / Jan 02, 1939
9min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Genres
Documentary
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Cargoes |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Travel and Industrial Development Association, GPO Film Unit |
| Release date | 2 gennaio 1939 |
| Production | Alberto Cavalcanti |
| Assistant directors | Humphrey Jennings |
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