Us Submarine Disaster (1939)

Off the New York coastline, United States of America. Full titles read: “US SUBMARINE DISASTER“ L/S’s and aerial footage of several ships circling the area were the submarine went down. The commentator says that the ’Squalus’ that the submarine failed to rise. The rescue attempt kills twenty six of the fifty nine crew. 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), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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