Celia Johnson saying gangway is truly a strange experience
This is a piece of World War Two propaganda. The story of a Royal Navy ship and it's crew. There experiences- the triumph and disaster. I did wonder if the stock footage reatured real people
Noel Coward plays Captain D, and does a fine job. I did wonder how much of this is Coward's keen eye I also enjoyed his quiet determined character. I did think of Captain Picard actually.
Some observations
We have a member of the crew with, a very strong West Country accent which I don't think exists anymore
The importance of people staying at their post is made clear. We see gunners nearly submerged staying at their post
I wondered and I hoped the plane strafing the survivors clinging to a raft was exagerated
The Fishmonger, is your friend.
A little bit of history
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