British Navy Rescues Hell Ship Prisoners Aka British Navy Releases Hell Ship Prisoners (1940)

Full title reads: “British Navy Rescues Hell Ship Prisoners“. England. MS pan with the Destroyer HMS Cossack arriving in harbour in England, her decks are crowded with survivors from the German prison ship Altmark which held the prisoners taken by the Graf Spee when she sunk allied merchant ships. The men were released by the navy when they boarded the Altmark after she had taken refuge in a Norwegian fjord. VS of the survivors of the Altmark coming ashore the wounded are carried to waiting ambulances, the fit ones are taken to waiting coaches. CU. One of the men from the Altmark, Mr. John Quigley talking about his joy at being home again and the hell of a time he had in the Altmark. Various CUs and MSS of the survivors of the Altmark as they line up on the quay after leaving . Cossack. 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