The War - Down Under (1941)

Title reads: “The war ’down under’.“ Australia. Various C/Us of the survivors of the cargo boat “Port Brisbane“ which was sunk by a torpedo. Many of the surviving crew are very young men. C/U of Second Officer Dingle of the “Port Brisbane“. Intertitle reads: “Australia’s answer“. Various shots of new ship on slipway at Sydney shipyard. Various C/Us of Lord Gowrie, Governor General of Australia, with Lady Gowrie and Lord Wakehurst on launching platform, it is raining heavily. M/S Lady Gowrie launching the new ship, a destroyer named “Arunta“ (of the Tribal Class). Various shots of the destroyer going down slipway and into the sea. 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 fro