Freighter With Bow Missing Saved (1947)

Pacific Ocean. The American tanker ’Fort Dearborne’ is wrecked in a storm north of Honolulu. Several shots of the stern of the wrecked tanker being tossed about by the sea. Twenty two men on it await rescue. Various shots of survivors being taken off by the American ship Eldorado. Note - date in the old record 08/04/1947. 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.