“San Demetrio“ Comes Home (1940)

Unused / unissued material - dates and locations unclear or unknown. VS of the badly damaged tanker ship ’San Demetrio’ tied up alongside in British port. This ship was involved in the Jervis Bay battle with German battleship ’Admiral Scheer’ and was set alight. SOS signs can be seen daubed on her bridge. MS ’Cornish City’ tied up alongside which was involved in Atlantic convoy battle with ’Admiral Scheer’. MS Group of survivors pose on board the freighter. MS men show operation of ships guns. VS of ship called ’Sovac’. (Lav.) Date may be 11/01/1940. 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), B