The End Of The Ping An (1966)

Heide, Holland (Netherlands). Various flashback shots of the crew of the Hong Kong freighter ’Ping An’ being rescued by Dutch coast guards after she has run aground off the Dutch coast in heavy storm. Various shots of gang of ship breakers at work on the ’Ping An’ with oxyacetylene cutters, breaking up the ship, etc. The ship was unable to be re-floated so to break her up was the only solution. (Fine Grain.) Date found in the old record - 23/05/1966. FILM ID:3203.2 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 en