Safe Conduct For A Troop Convoy (1942)

Titles read: “SAFE CONDUCT FOR A TROOP CONVOY“. Location of events unknown. Various shots show British warships (probably Formidable and Malaya) escorting a convoy of troop ships across 2000 miles of dangerous waters. 15 inch guns are fired from a ship. A Catalina aircraft takes off from a carrier and soars overhead, then lands back on the deck. More shots of the convoy on very rough seas. A swordfish seaplane is catapulted from a ship as the convoy nears its destination; it goes on ahead to the harbour with urgent dispatches. Several shots of HMS Duke of York, Britain’s newest Capital Ship, at sea. The ship fires her guns. FILM ID:1320.3 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