Cargoes

Overview

Shot in mid-1939 as S.S. Ionian (also shown as Her Last Trip), Humphrey Jennings’s GPO short follows the Royal Mail steamer on a last peacetime run through the Mediterranean—Gibraltar, Malta, Alexandria, Haifa—under the gaze of the Mediterranean Fleet (HMS Barham, Malaya, Warspite). After the Ionian was sunk by a German mine on 29 November 1939 en route from Crete to Hull, the film was recut and released as Cargoes.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 2, 1939

Original language

English

Spoken languages

english

Production

GPO Film Unit,Travel and Industrial Development Association,Travel and Industrial Development Association, GPO Film Unit

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0150044