Underwater Shots Of HMS Breconshire (1948)

Unissued / unused material. Underwater shots taken of wreck of HMS “Breconshire“, Malta Harbour. Various shots underwater showing barnacle encrusted wreck of the Breconshire and fishes swimming around. Breconshire was a merchantman which was sunk by German aircraft in March 1942. According to original dope sheet this material was shot on 08/09/1948. 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.