U-Boat Offensive Fails (1944)

Title reads: “U-boat offensive fails“. United States of America (USA). High angled L/S of large marshalling yard in North America. Various shots of American food supplies being loaded into holds of merchant ships for transport to Britain. Various C/Us of merchant navy officers. L/S of supply convoy crossing Atlantic. Poor quality film of U-boat near one of the supply convoys, the patrol boats shell it and the submarine is destroyed*. * looks like shots have been taken by hand held cine camera. 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